Self-Criticism and Self-Reassurance (FSCRS)

The Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (Gilbert et al., 2004) is a core tool of compassion-focused therapy (CFT). 22 items about how you relate to yourself when something goes wrong, across three forms: "Inadequate Self" (a sense of personal inadequacy, 9 items), "Hated Self" (hostility toward yourself, a desire to punish, 5 items), and "Reassured Self" (the capacity to support and soothe yourself, 8 items). The key CFT distinction: self-criticism comes in different forms — the feeling of "I'm not enough" and active self-hatred are different targets, and both are contrasted with the capacity for self-reassurance.

Before you start

This is a map of your inner relationship with yourself, not a diagnosis. The "Reassured Self" is a resource: a high score on it is a foundation, a low one is a target for work (that's normal and workable). The "Hated Self" includes an item about wanting to harm yourself — if that's about you right now, please seek help immediately; you don't have to cope alone. This is a measure of the relationship with yourself, and it changes in therapy.