Inquiry · Self-Criticism

Which hallucinations are we caught in?

A self-reflection for distortions that feel like perception.

Four questions · About 2–3 minutes · Free, no account needed

01Four questions
02The reading
03One to watch

Name the feeling that has been dominating lately, in your own words.

Start with the feeling, or tap the mic

The feeling

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You leave with

The distortions

The ones that seem to show up in what you wrote.

A question for each

Something to catch it with, live.

One to watch

You choose which one to carry.

The mind fills in what it didn't actually see, and we live inside what it added. Cognitive therapy calls these cognitive distortions.

Four questions, in your own words. Then a reflection naming the distortions that seem to show up in what you wrote, each with one question to carry. Choose one to watch.

In short

Self-Criticism is a free, guided CBT thought record that takes about 3 minutes. You answer four short questions about a harsh thought that keeps coming back. 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.

A short, guided CBT thought record. Read the field guide · How it works