Do you discount the positives in life?
1. When a person pays you a compliment, you deflect with self-deprecation.
2. Your presentation is a success, but you think only about the wrong calculation you made.
3. You are organizing an upcoming event, and believe it will turn out badly.
4. You receive recognition on a project, but you downplay your contribution to it.
5. You get positive feedback on your report, yet you focus on a minor suggestion for improvement.
6. You tend to remember the hassles associated with travel, even if the trip was an overall successful.
7. People praise you on your speech, but you pass it off as dumb luck.
8. You get a promotion, but you think anyone in your role might have qualified for it.
9. You get a dinner party invitation, though you think the host just feels sorry for you.
10. You avoid disappointment by expecting the worst to happen.
11. When people express affection for you, you think that if they knew the “real me,” they wouldn't feel that way.
12. When you do something well, you move on to the next task without ever taking time to feel good about it.
13. Someone expresses interest in or attraction to you, but you assume, they don’t know the “real” you yet.
14. When friends thank you for your help, you think anyone could have done it—it wasn't a big deal.
15. If you earned a good grade on a paper or test, you tell yourself that had it been harder, you would have done poorly.