Self Worth Profile

Emotional Thought Inventory

How you think has everything to do with how you act and feel. This inventory helps you better understand your thoughts as they relate to ten irrational thought patterns. Your mental and emotional toughness may be improved by addressing these areas of irrational thought and defining action plans to address each area. By better understanding the areas where you may be causing undo stress may help provide you with better focus, energy and health.

Take a few moments to complete the questions and determine how you communicate effects you.

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Answer each of the following questions on how it pertains to you. Do not think about the question, just answer with your first instinct.

	1. The only way I feel content is when I'm relaxed and doing nothing.
	2. Sometimes I tend to dwell on some fear.
	3. I can ignore things that annoy me.
	4. Usually people who have miserable lives have made themselves that way.
	5. I frequently delay making important decisions.
	6. It is very difficult for me to take chances.
	7. There’s no reason to be full of sorrow for very long.
	8. I enjoy lying around and doing nothing.
	9. I very seldom experience anxiety about the future.
	10. Most people work too hard and don’t get enough rest
	11. I don’t like responsibility.
	12. I find too much leisure time to be boring.
	13. I frequently get upset over little things.
	14. I often think about what I would do if I were in dangerous situations.
	15. I like to be independent and do things for myself.
	16. I believe immorality should be severely punished.
	17. I rarely blame people for their wrongdoings.
	18. It’s important that others approve of me.
	19. I do what I can to get what I want and then don’t worry about it.
	20. I’m not afraid to do things that I don’t do well.
	21. I rarely put off doing things I need to do.
	22. I cause my own moods.
	23. I avoid things I can’t do well.
	24. I hate to fail at anything.
	25. I usually make decisions as quickly as I can.
	26. Things should be different from the way they are.
	27. You can be happy under almost any circumstance if you want to be.
	28. Even if other people may dislike me, I like myself.
	29. I usually consult an authority on important decisions.
	30. A leopard cannot change its spots.
	31. It’s very important to me to be successful in everything I do.
	32. I avoid facing my problems.
	33. I like others’ respect for me, but I don’t need it.
	34. Even though people do bad things, no one is inherently bad.
	35. Everyone needs someone to rely on for help and advice.
	36. I am inclined to worry about the future.
	37. An easy life is rarely ever rewarding.
	38. I don’t like having to depend upon others.
	39. I get upset when I make mistakes.
	40. Basically, people never change.
	41. Nothing in itself is upsetting; only the way you interpret it.
	42. I like putting my whole self into some creative project.
	43. I am not upset by the frustrations of life.
	44. People who do wrong deserve what they get.
	45. I sometimes wish I could go to a remote island and just bask in the sun forever.
	46. I’d like to retire and never work again.
	47. I enjoy activities for their own sake, even if I am not especially good at them.
	48. It’s easy for me to seek advice.
	49. When someone wrongs me, I usually give them another chance.
	50. Although I like to receive approval, I don’t need it.
	51. I don’t worry about things I can’t prevent.
	52. I enjoy quiet leisure more than anything else.
	53. I almost always accept whatever happens in a philosophical manner.
	54. A person won’t stay angry or depressed unless he keeps himself that way.
	55. The fact that you’ve been seriously affected by some event does not mean it will affect you in the future.
	56. It upsets me when someone else is better at something than I am.
	57. Once you’ve been strongly affected by someone or some event, it will always affect you.
	58. It concerns me greatly what people feel about me.
	59. I don’t regret anything from the past.
	60. The more problems a person has, the less happy he will be.
	61. I do not expect someone else to be concerned about my welfare.
	62. I’m generally easy-going about life.
	63. I rarely think of past experiences as affecting me now.
	64. I enjoy succeeding at things, but I don’t feel as if I have to.
	65. When something is necessary, I do it even if it is distasteful or difficult.
	66. I get upset easily over situations I don’t like.
	67. I have a fear of some things that frequently disturb me.
	68. People are happiest when they have to overcome problems and have challenges.
	69. Only I can understand and face my problems.
	70. Too many people who do wrong escape the punishment they deserve.
	71. People overvalue the influence of the past.
	72. It’s easy for me to worry about whether or not people approve and accept me.
	73. Man makes his own dilemmas within himself.
	74. I seldom feel anxious over unexpected dangers or future events.
	75. I am most fulfilled when I have many things to do.
	76. Even when things don’t go the way I’d like them to, I am usually able to accept it.
	77. I am rarely upset when others make mistakes.
	78. People are disturbed not so much by situations, but by the view they take of them.
	79. People need a source of strength outside themselves.
	80. I usually tackle unpleasant tasks right away.
	81. It isn’t fair that “the rain falls on the just and the unjust.”
	82. I enjoy having several projects going at once.
	83. When people do wrong things, they deserve to be blamed.
	84. I want everyone to like me.
	85. I rarely think of death.
	86. We are slaves to our personal history.
	87. I depend very much on certain people.
	88. It doesn’t bother me to compete in activities where others are better than I am.
	89. More people should face up to the unpleasantness of life.
	90. The influences of the past are almost always impossible to overcome.
	91. I don’t like others making decisions for me.
	92. I don’t like to be criticized, but am not greatly upset by it.
	93. Life is too short to spend doing things you find unpleasant.
	94. Everyone is basically good.
	95. It’s hard for me to do unpleasant tasks.
	96. If other people dislike me, that’s their problem, not mine.
	97. The fear of punishment helps people be good.
	98. I could be more like what I want to be if I had just had different experiences.
	99. It’s difficult to go against what other people think.
	100. Sometimes I seem to be preoccupied with fear.

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