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How do I stop criticizing myself?

 
From B. DeRoes page on test anxiety from Edmund Bourne’s “The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook” I found these Socratic tips on countering negative self talk:

What is the evidence for this?
Is this always true?
Has this been true in the past?
What are the odds of this really happening (or being true?)
What is the very worst that could [...]