1.
I am not sad.
I am sad.
I am always sad and can’t cheer up.
I’m so sad and unhappy that I can’t put up with it anymore.
2.
I’m not particularly discouraged about the future.
I don’t have the courage for the future.
I feel like there’s nothing to look forward to.
My future is hopeless and I feel hopeless.
3.
I don’t feel like a failure.
I seem to have failed more than the average person.
Looking back on my past, I feel like I’m full of failures.
I feel like a total failure as a human being.
4.
I feel satisfied with my daily life.
I’m not happy with my daily life.
I don’t get much satisfaction from anything these days.
I’m unhappy and tired of everything.
5.
I don’t feel particularly guilty.
I often feel guilty.
There are so many times when I feel guilty.
I’m always suffering from guilt.
6.
I don’t feel like I’m being punished.
I feel like I might be punished.
I think I’ll be punished in the future.
I feel like I’m being punished now.
7.
Am not disappointed in myself.
I’m disappointed in myself.
I’m angry with myself.
I hate myself.
8.
I don’t feel like I’m worse than anyone else.
I tend to blame myself for my weaknesses and mistakes.
I always blame myself for my mistakes.
I am to blame for all the bad things that happen.
9.
I don’t think about killing myself.
I sometimes think about committing suicide, but I won’t do it.
I often feel like killing myself.
I’d kill myself if I had the chance.
10.
I don’t cry more than usual.
I cry more than before.
I cry all the time these days.
I used to be able to cry when I wanted to, but these days I don’t even have the energy to cry.