Critique Your Self-Talk in High-Pressure Moments

Under pressure the way you talk to yourself is not helping, but you cannot quite name the problem. This has you recall three recent high-pressure moments and what your inner voice said, then sorts each into catastrophising, harsh judgement, or fair assessment. You leave able to spot the unhelpful patterns instead of just feeling rotten about them.

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You have noticed that the way you speak to yourself under pressure is not helpful, but you are not sure exactly what the problem is or how to change it.
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1. Ask the person to recall three high-pressure situations from the last month and describe briefly what their inner voice was saying in each
2. Classify each statement as catastrophising, harsh self-judgement, or realistic assessment
3. For each catastrophising or harsh statement, identify what a skilled and fair coach would say instead
4. Name the most common pattern across all three situations: what does this voice most want to protect you from?
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- Situation-by-statement review: three rows, each with the statement and its classification
- Coach rewrite: one sentence per unhelpful statement
- Pattern summary: one paragraph
- Length: 250 to 350 words
- Tone: analytical and clear
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