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Based on the types of cognitive distortions listed in the above PDF, what kinds of distortion(s) did you catch yourself thinking or believing?
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Exaggerating
Filtering
Discounting
Catastrophizing
Judging
Mind Reading
Forecasting
Feelings Are Facts
Labeling
Self Blaming
My distorted thought or belief is:
What thought tends to surface over and over?
And it causes me to feel:
When you hear this thought and choose to believe it, even though you know in your head it isn't true, how does it make you feel?
That feeling makes me want to (do what?):
I want to stop and correct my distortion to this fact:
Write out the FACT you know in your head to be true in a complete sentence. Remember, facts aren't positive or negative, good or bad, they just ARE.
This reality-based, truthful thought or belief makes me feel:
When you hear this fact and choose to listen to it, how do you feel?
When I CHOOSE to believe the truthful thought, it makes me want to (do what?):
When you feel this way, how do you want to behave differently?
Thanks for all your hard work! Give yourself a pat on the back!
You and the people you love will be the beneficiaries of every effort you make to heal and grow.
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