Balancing Negative Thoughts Worksheet

Trigger  

Negative Thought 

Changed positive thought  

When my mother scolds me  

I think she doesn’t love me, I am not a good child  

If my mother scolds me it doesn’t mean I am bad. She might want me to understand her

 

References

Kelly J. D., 4th (2019). Your Best Life: Managing Negative Thoughts-The Choice is Yours. Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 477(6), 1291–1293.

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