thetattedstoner:reibish:coping-skill-toolkit:During my first month with my therapist, I was given th
thetattedstoner:reibish:coping-skill-toolkit:During my first month with my therapist, I was given this worksheet to read and work on. She noticed that while I was talking with her, that my thoughts followed a lot of these. I wasn’t aware that my anxiety had brought me down paths of low self-worth and stinky thinking. After a couple of weeks of talking with her, she gave me this worksheet to work on. While, at first, I thought these weren’t going to work out, I was very surprised to see just how easy they were to use . My homework at that time was to identify which sort of thinking I used on the regular and which ones would best challenge them for me. So, what do you think? Do any of the maladaptive thinking patterns sound like you? which ways would you like to untwist your thinking? HEY guess who needs this? I do! And chances are some mutuals may like to see it as well. Def saving this. YES!!! I’ve been in therapy for about a year and a half and learned that these are sometimes referred to as Cognitive Distortions (the names vary slightly but the descriptions are similar.) CDs can cause depression and anxiety to worsen, and it can be really difficult to become aware of thought patterns (especially when you’re deep in them!) without practice. Remember that this too takes time and to be kind to yourself as you challenge old patterns! :) If you’re worried about starting this practice for the first time, a good skill to add to this is Mindfulness (shoutout Headspace!), and the action of just “noting” when you have a thought, then labeling that thought as either the “thinking” kind or the “feeling” kind… once you get used to that, it’s much easier to become aware of your thoughts and that’s the first step to breaking Distortions!A really helpful app I found that lets you track Cognitive Distortions (and journal and follow up on them too!) is called “quirk” but there are a bunch to choose from and lots of free resources especially on instagram… practice makes progress! -- source link
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