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How do you check the facts
1) Ask: what is the emotion I want to change.
2) Ask: what is the event prompting my emotion? describe the facts that you observed through your senses, challenge judgments, absolutes, and black and white descriptions.
3) Ask: what are my interpretations, thoughts and assumptions about the event? Think of possible interpretations, practice looking at all sides of a situation and all points of view, test your interpretations and assumptions to see if they fit the facts.
4) Ask: Am I assuming a threat? Label the threat, assess the possibility that the threatening event will really occur. Think of as many possible outcomes as you can.
5) Ask: what's the catastrophe? Imagine a catastrophe really occurring. Imagine coping well with a catastrophe (through problem solving, coping ahead, or radical acceptance).
6) Ask: Does my emotion and/or its intensity fit the actual facts? Check out facts that fit each emotion. ASK WISE MIND..