Dear mood inductioners,

One potential issue I have with the standard Velten Statements is that those used for positive and negative conditions focus on the self (e.g., "When I talk no one really listens"), whereas those used for the neutral condition refer to objective facts (e.g.,New York City is in New York state).

The reason I'm concerned is that I consider examining the influence of Velten Mood induction procedure on mind wandering/daydreaming. It would be difficult then to know whether it is the valence of the Velten statements or the self-focus that drives the effect?

So my question is, does anyone know of a list of neutral Velten sentences that refer to the self (something like "If I think about it, things tend to even out for me" or "Some of my relationships are just pretty average")?