AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
I was reading the sunday papers and came across an article about cognitive behaviour therapy. Below is the top ten negative thoughts...
1. All or nothing: you see things in stark black and white terms.
2. Overgeneralisation: you view a negative event as part of a never-ending pattern of defeat.
3. Mental filter: you dwell on negative comments, ignoring positive ones.
4. Discounting positives: you insist your good qualities and accomplishments don't count.
5. Jumping to conclusions: mind-reading (you assume people are reacting negatively to you); and fortune-telling (you arbirarily predict that things will turn out badly).
6. Magnification: blowing problems or shortcomings out of proportion.
7. Emotional reasoning: assuming your negative emotions reflect the way things really are.
8. "Should" statements: you criticise yourself or other epople with shoulds, oughts and musts.
9. Labelling: instead of saying "I made a mistake," you think "I'm a fool."
10. Blame: you blame yourself for things you're not responsible for, or blame others when your behaviour might have contributed to a problem.
A ha I thought, I recognise myself in some of them!
How about you?
1. All or nothing: you see things in stark black and white terms.
2. Overgeneralisation: you view a negative event as part of a never-ending pattern of defeat.
3. Mental filter: you dwell on negative comments, ignoring positive ones.
4. Discounting positives: you insist your good qualities and accomplishments don't count.
5. Jumping to conclusions: mind-reading (you assume people are reacting negatively to you); and fortune-telling (you arbirarily predict that things will turn out badly).
6. Magnification: blowing problems or shortcomings out of proportion.
7. Emotional reasoning: assuming your negative emotions reflect the way things really are.
8. "Should" statements: you criticise yourself or other epople with shoulds, oughts and musts.
9. Labelling: instead of saying "I made a mistake," you think "I'm a fool."
10. Blame: you blame yourself for things you're not responsible for, or blame others when your behaviour might have contributed to a problem.
A ha I thought, I recognise myself in some of them!
How about you?