Managing Negative Thinking
Perfectionism: "I must, should, have to do everything right."
Encouraging & affirming language you tell yourself, which can boost confidence & improve emotional wellbeing.
What is Positive Self-Talk?
Emphasizing the importance of being truthful with oneself and others
What is Honesty?
A situation tied to your environment that sparks a craving to engage in dysfunctional behaviors.
What is an External Trigger?
Making a mountain out of a mole hill. "If things don't work out exactly the way I expect, then it's useless, awful, terrible, the end of the world."
What is Catastrophizing?
Encouraging individuals to believe in the possibility of recovery.
What is Hope?
Emotions, thoughts, or mental states that spark a craving to engage in a dysfunctional behavior.
What is an Internal Trigger?
"I can never be on time"
"I am always and forever going to be depressed
What is overgeneralization?
A compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence
What is addiction?
"I will never get my act together"
"I know nobody really likes me."
What is Expecting the worst?
Being open to change and new experiences.
What is Willingness?
Goes with perfectionism and catastrophizing.
"If I am ever late for work at all, then I will get fired and never ever get another job as long as I live."
Recognizing one's limitations and the need for help.
What is Humility.