FUN FACTS
CBT
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REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
100
WHAT IS THE MOST USED LETTER IN THE ALPHABET?

E

100

SARAH WONT GET INTO THE COLLEGE SHE WANTS IF SHE DOESNT PASS ALL OF HER FINALS

CATASTROPHIZING

100

JIMMY STOPS AND REALIZES THAT HIS ANGER HAS TAKEN OVER AND HE IS NOT THINKING CLEARLY. HE DECIDES TO TAKE A MOMENT AND REGAIN HIS COMPOSURE.

WISE MIND

100

NATE IS UPSET BECAUSE HE WAS CUT FROM HIS BASKETBALL TEAM. NATE NOW THINKS HE IS THE WORST BBALL PLAYER EVER AND THAT THE TEAM CAPTIANS WERE OUT TO GET HIM.

CHECK THE FACTS, RADICAL ACCEPTANCE

CATASTROPHIZING, BLAMING


200

WHAT IS THE LARGEST ORGAN IN THE BODY?

SKIN

200

JOHNNY IS A BAD PERSON BECAUSE HE CHEATED ON HIS LAST PARTNER

OVERGENERALIZATION

200

ALLY IS FEELING DEPRESSED TONIGHT. SHE WANTS TO STAY AT HOME EVEN THOUGH HER BEST FRIEND INVITED THEM OVER TO HANG. KNOWING THAT BEING ALONE WONT HELP, SHE DECIDED TO GO AND MAKE THE BEST OF IT.

OPPOSITE ACTION

200

HARRISON LEARNS THAT HIS GF LIED ABOUT WHERE SHE WAS LAST NIGHT. HARRISON BELIEVES THAT SHE MUST HAVE BEEN CHEATING ON HIM. HE THINKS HE IS THE WORST BF EVER AND PLANS TO BREAK UP WITH HER TOMORROW BEFORE SHE HAS THE CHANCE TO DO IT TO HIM.

CHECK THE FACTS, GIVE/FAST

PERSONALIZATION, CATASTROPHIZING,

300

WHICH PRESIDENT DIED IN HIS BATHTUB?

WILLIAM HOWAD TAFT

300

AUSTIN'S TEAM LOST THEIR PLAYOFF GAME TODAY. DESPITE MISSING MOST OF SHOTS. AUSTIN BELIEVES THEY LOST DUE TO HIS COACHES POOR LEADERSHIP SKILLS

BLAMING

300

JADE WAS TOLD THAT HER BF WAS SEEN FLIRTING WITH SOMEONE EARLIER IN THE DAY. BEFORE MAKING ANY POOR DECISIONS, SHE DECIDES TO TALK TO HER BF BEFORE MAKING ANY JUDGEMENTS.

CHECK THE FACTS

300

BETHANY'S FAMILY IS MOVING FOR HER DAD'S NEW JOB. SHE IS SAD TO LEAVE HER FRIENDS AND THINKS THAT SHE WILL NEVER FIND FRIENDS AT HER NEW SCHOOL.

CHECK THE FACTS, PROS/CONS, RADICAL ACCEPTANCE, PROBLEM SOLVE


400

WHAT IS THE RECORD FOR OLDEST PERSON?

122

400

SHAWN IS UPSET BECAUSE HIS DAD WONT LET HIM GO TO A FREINDS HOUSE TONIGHT. SHAWN THINKS HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO BECAUSE HE COMPLETED ALL HIS CHORES AND HOMEWORK.

"SHOULDS"

400

LISA HAS A RECITAL AND A FINAL IN THE SAME WEEK. LISA DECIDES TO WEIGH HER OPTIONS BEFORE APPROACHING HER DILEMMA.

PROS/CONS

400

RUMOR HAS IT THAT YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER WAS SEEN TALKING TO THEIR EX IN THE HALL YESTERDAY. YOU DECIDE TO GIVE THEM THE COLD SHOULDER AND AVOID THEM UNTIL THEY REALIZE SOMETHING IS WRONG. YOU ALSO DECIDE TO SPREAD RUMORS ABOUT THEIR EX TO GET BACK AT THEM.

CHECK THE FACTS, OPPOSITE ACTION, PROBLEM SOLVING, GIVE/FAST

500

THE FIRST SPEEDING TICKET WAS GIVEN FOR WHAT SPEED?

8 MPH

500

MICHELLE'S PARENTS ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE. MICHELLE BELIEVES THAT THIS SITUATION IS ALL HER FAULT AND THAT HER PARENTS WOULD STILL BE TOGEHTER IF SHE WASNT SO NEEDY

PERSONALIZATION

500

ALTHOUGH KALEIGH  HATES HER PARENTS VIEWS AND BELIEFS, SHE RECOGNIZES THAT EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINIONS AND YOU CANNOT ALWAYS CHANGE OTHERS.

RADICAL ACCEPTANCE

500

AFTER A BIG FIGHT WITH HIS PARENTS, ZACH DECIDES TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME. HE DOES NOT MAKE IT FAR FROM HOME BEFORE HE REGRETS THE DECISION HE MADE. IF YOU GOT A CALL FROM ZACH ASKING FOR ADVICE, WHAT SKILLS WOULD YOU OFFER HIM TO MAKE THE BEST CHOICE?

TELL ME >:)

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