Form: Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire, SMQ

1 – Disagree Totally
2 – Disagree Strongly
3 – Disagree Slightly
4 – Unsure
5 – Agree Slightly
6 – Agree Strongly
7 – Agree Totally
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Usually when I experience distressing thoughts and images...

I am able to just notice them without reacting.
2
They take over my mind for quite a while afterward.
3
I judge the thought/image as good or bad.
4
I feel calm soon after.
5
I am able to accept the experience.
6
I get angry that this happens to me.
7
I notice how brief the thoughts and images really are.
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I judge myself as good or bad, depending on what the thought/image is about.
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I “step back” and am aware of the thought or image without getting taken over by it.
10
I just notice them and let them go.
11
I accept myself the same whatever the thought/image is about.
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In my mind I try and push them away.
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I keep thinking about the thought or image after it's gone.
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I find it so unpleasant that I have to distract myself and not notice them.
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I try just to experience the thoughts or images without judging them.
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I lose myself in the thoughts/image.

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