To discipline your mind, write down your ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and ask yourself if they are true. https://t.co/VQaMtKPc62
To discipline your mind, write down your ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and ask yourself if they are true. https://t.co/VQaMtKPc62
Action step: Find a negative thought that’s constantly playing in your head, and take it through thought work: What are the facts of this situation? Where did this thought come from? How does this thought affect me? What’s a better way to think about this? Find a positive or neutral reframe of the negative thought that acknowledges reality, but
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What are you feeling in the moment right before you begin the behavior? What’s the feeling that triggers the behavior? Be honest with yourself. What specific thinking patterns are going on? What are you saying to yourself in the moment when this happens? Describe it in exact detail.
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If you don't challenge your negative thoughts, you'll accept them as facts.
So to free yourself from them, apply the ICE METHOD:
IDENTIFY. CALL. EXPLORE.
1.) Identify the thought or feeling.
2.) Call it what it is (a cognitive distortion/an unhelpful emotional response).
3.) Explore the evidence that supports the thought/feeling and the evidence that... See more
So to free yourself from them, apply the ICE METHOD:
IDENTIFY. CALL. EXPLORE.
1.) Identify the thought or feeling.
2.) Call it what it is (a cognitive distortion/an unhelpful emotional response).
3.) Explore the evidence that supports the thought/feeling and the evidence that... See more