Negative brain filter
Thinking trap quiz
What’s going on:
Focusing only on the negative without seeing any of the positive or what is going well.
Rejecting positive experiences by insisting they "don't count" for some reason or other.
Example 1:
Thinking about the question you couldn’t answer on the test, rather on the ones you could.
Replace with:
I could answer most of the questions.
Example 2:
They are just congratulating me to be nice.
Replace with:
Nice of folk to congratulate me. Things seem to be on the right track.
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