2/20/22

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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