Individuals who experience traumas often have many different types of reactions. Below are a number of statements that describe thoughts and feelings that people sometimes have about themselves.

Please read each statement carefully, and decide how much it applies to you.

Check the option that best describes how much the statement is true for you over the past week.

  Not true of me Somewhat true of me Mostly true of me Completely true of me
1. As a result of my traumatic experience, I have lost respect for myself.
2. Because of what happened to me, others find me less desirable.
3. I am ashamed of myself because of what happened to me.
4. As a result of my traumatic experience, others have seen parts of me that they want nothing to do with.
5. As a result of my traumatic experience, I cannot accept myself.
6. If others knew what happened to me, they would view me as inferior.
7. If others knew what happened to me, they would be disgusted with me.
8. I am ashamed of the way I behaved during my traumatic experience.
9. I am so ashamed of what happened to me that I sometimes want to escape from myself.
10. As a result of my traumatic experience, I find myself less desirable.
11. I am ashamed of the way I felt during my traumatic experience.
12. If others knew what had happened to me, they would look down on me.
13. As a result of my traumatic experience, there are parts of me that I want to get rid of.
14. If others knew what happened to me, they would not like me.
15. Because of my traumatic experience, I feel inferior to others.
16. If others knew what happened to me, they would be ashamed of me.
17. If others knew what happened to me, they would find me unacceptable.
18. As a result of my traumatic experience, a part of me has been exposed that others find shameful.
19. If otherslist knew how I behaved during my traumatic experience, they would be ashamed of me.
20. My traumatic experience has revealed a part of me that I am ashamed of.
21. As a result of my traumatic experience, I don’t like myself.
22. If others knew how I felt during my traumatic experience, they would be ashamed of me.
23. Because of what happened to me, I am disgusted with myself.
24. I am so ashamed of what happened to me that I sometimes want to become invisible to others.
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