EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL SHAME SCALE (EISS)

Below are a series of statements about beliefs people may usually have, but that might be experienced by each person in a different way. Please read each statement carefully and choose the number that best indicates how often you have felt what is described in each item during the last 2 weeks. Please use the following rating scale.

    C. Ferreira, M. Moura-Ramos, M. Matos & A. Galhardo, 2020.

  In relation to several aspects of my life, I feeI that:  
  1. Other people see me as not being up to their standards.
  2. I am isolated.
  3. Other people don’t understand me.
  4. I am different and inferior to others.
  5. Other people are judgmental and critical of me.
  6. Other people see me as uninteresting.
  7. I am unworthy as a person.
  8. I am judgmental and critical of myself.
Your score:
Scores range from 0 (no shame) to 32 (severe shame).
    C. Ferreira, M. Moura-Ramos, M. Matos & A. Galhardo, 2020.

In relation to several aspects of my life, I feeI that:  
1. Other people see me as not being up to their standards.
2. I am isolated.
3. Other people don’t understand me.
4. I am different and inferior to others.
5. Other people are judgmental and critical of me.
6. Other people see me as uninteresting.
7. I am unworthy as a person.
8. I am judgmental and critical of myself.
Your score:
Scores range from 0 (no shame) to 32 (severe shame).

Credit: www.socialanxietysupport.com

How shame anxious are you?

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