Self-Criticism
A self-reflection for thoughts that feel like facts.
Write what happened and the harsh thing you said to yourself. A few sentences. Leave out anything you would rather not go into.
Start with where it happened, or tap the mic
Your draft stays in this browser until you send it. Then Conscious Living AI writes back. Nothing you write is kept on our servers unless you save or email it, or have Plus with automatic saving on. It stays in this browser until you press Erase. What happens to what you write
You leave with
- The distortions that seem to show up in what you wrote
- A question to ask when each one shows up
- One to watch, chosen by you
Some thoughts add things we never saw, and they feel like plain fact. Therapists call these thinking traps, or cognitive distortions.
Write one moment, in your own words, and Conscious Living AI writes back.
About this reflection
Self-Criticism is a free, guided thought record, a short written exercise from cognitive behavioral therapy. It takes about 3 minutes. You write one moment: what happened, and the harsh thought you said to yourself. It names the cognitive distortions that seem to show up in what you wrote, gives each one a question to carry, and lets you choose one to watch.
Based on the thought record from cognitive behavioral therapy. Read the field guide · How it works
A question by email each week
Each one is a hand-written question to carry. Free, no account needed.