Test Why are you so hard on yourself ?

1 When things go wrong, you often wonder:

♥ Why life has to be so hard

◆ Why you never quite get things right

• How you will cope

■ How everyone else is coping

2 Which of these benefits of self-compassion most appeals to you?

■ Being more in tune with your own needs

♥ Feeling more at peace with past hurts

◆ Changing a critical inner narrative

• Smoothing out the emotional ups and downs

3 Which of these is your most common cause of stress?

■ Feeling overwhelmed

• Feeling like you’re not in control

◆ Feeling criticised

♥ Feeling disapproved of

4 What do you wish you