Understanding Self Worksheet
Understanding Self Worksheet
COLLEGE OF NURSING
(Dalubhasaan ng Narsing)
1. Assess your self-concept by listing at least five (5) of your current roles in the following area:
a. Family
Youngest sibling
Daughter
Pet sitter
Cleaner
Teacher (to my parents who doesn’t know much about technology)
b. Friends
Big sister
Advisor
Disciplinarian (not tolerating misconducts of friends)
Cheer Leader (provides support and encouragement)
Companion (I go wherever my friends go)
c. School
Student
Peacemaker
Cleaner
Friend
Senior (role model for lower years)
d. Community
Tax payer
Responsible citizen
Role model to younger citizens
Christian Lady
Good Neighbor
e. Self
Learner
Daughter
Dreamer
Protector
Teacher
3. Describe your self-esteem by completing the following statements using the rating scales OFTEN or
RARELY:
a. I usually feel accepted: RARELY
b. I usually receive praise: RARELY
c. I usually receive respect: OFTEN
d. I usually receive love: OFTEN
e. I usually receive criticism OFTEN
f. I take criticism well RARELY
g. I take criticism badly OFTEN
h. I view myself positively RARELY
i. I view myself negatively OFTEN
j. I feel like I belong RARELY
k. I feel like I don’t belong OFTEN
4. Describe how your self-perception does or does not match your ideal self
My self-perception does not match my ideal self. My ideal self is of a course a perfect human
being – beautiful inside and out. Almost without flaws. However, my perception of myself is the
opposite of my ideal self. But I would like to improve myself not to be my ideal self but to be the
better version of myself.
5. Describe your inner feelings and thoughts by answering the following questions using the rating scale
OFTEN or RARELY:
a. How frequently do you have positive (optimistic) thoughts? RARELY
b. How frequently do you have negative (pessimistic) thoughts? OFTEN
9. List five (5) things you do not like about yourself and are willing to throw in a TRASH BIN:
a. Pessimist
b. I give up easily
c. Overthinker
d. Gets irritated easily
e. Whiny
10. Identify 3 specific changes you would like to make in yourself and list ways to accomplish each of them:
Changes Actions
Overthinking Write all my worries on aa piece of paper
that way it won’t cloud my mind
Then prioritize what things should be
given attention and throw the ones that are
not important
Then address the important worries one
by one
Giving up easily Find motivation to do the task
Eliminate distractions
Try to focus on the task
Try doing it one step at a time
Asking help to others if it’s hard
Pessimist Practice deep breathing
Try to look on the positive side
Divert attention whenever a pessimistic
thought would come out
11. Describe five (5) values in your life that are most important to you:
1. Trust – I have trust issues and I want to have an intact trust with the people around me so I would feel
more secure in a way.
2. Honesty – I believe honesty can clear up misunderstandings. So, I try to be honest as possible.
3. Respect – even people have different point of views about something if there is respect, there would be
no conflict
4. Discipline – doing the right thing with or without anybody looking should be normal with us humans
since we have brain, we are capable of thinking. However not all people have this trait and it sad that
we can prevent some bad situations if we could have just discipline.
5. Empathy – if we only put ourselves in the shoes of others then we could know what can we help.
13. Give five (5) rewards you would give yourself once goal of self-improvement is accomplished:
(Non-Monetary)