Self-compassion Self-Assessment
Helps you reflect on how you treat yourself during difficult moments, including kindness, self-criticism, and emotional care.
What this assessment explores
Most of us are far kinder to others when they're struggling than we are to ourselves. Self-compassion is the ability to turn that same warmth inward – to hold your own pain and imperfection with care rather than criticism. This assessment explores how much self-compassion you're bringing to your own experience, and where self-judgment might be getting in the way. It's built on the SCS-SF, a widely used measure with strong links to wellbeing, resilience, and mental health.
See the original scaleWhat you can expect
There are 12 questions, and they'll ask you to reflect on how you tend to treat yourself when things are hard.
The questions touch on things like:
- Self-disparagement – how critical, harsh, or unforgiving you tend to be toward yourself
- Self-care – how much warmth, understanding, and care you're able to offer yourself
Your responses give you a clearer picture of where self-compassion is present for you – and where there might be room to be a little gentler with yourself.
Why this is free and private
Insightable Mind is built by clinical and research psychologists to help people better understand themselves, while contributing to meaningful psychological research. These assessments are offered free as part of that work. Your responses are private – when data is used for research, it's fully anonymised and combined with others to help improve the assessments and answer important questions about human psychology.
Top tips
Our best advice to help you get the most out of your self-assessment:
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