Talkbacks
Strategies to help us stop Whacky Thoughts and Yucky Feelings
Talk Backs
Thoughts that are very negative and make us believe that nothing is good, that things never work out.
Bad Luck Thoughts
Thoughts that run over us. They are loud, exaggerated and make us feel bad about ourselves.
Steamroller thoughts!
Hard, stiff thoughts that make us believe we are doing things "wrong" or "badly".
One-way thoughts
A strategy to help us hang tough and get through our fear and anxiety.
Takin' it
A way to make a Whacky Thought seem less scary by making fun of it!
Giving Whacky Back
Thoughts that look at the world through dark glasses; seeing the bad, negative, fearful things in our lives instead of what's good.
Dark Shades
Anxious thoughts that seem really big and bad because our Yucky Feelings are intense. Because we feel bad, we think things are worse than they really are.
Subwoofer
Thoughts that say things are all good or all bad, all right or all wrong.
All or Nothing
Used to help us accept our strengths and weaknesses. Admitting we are not perfect.
Used to make negative thoughts more positive and not such a big deal, friendlier.
Lighten It Up
Thoughts that something bad will happen in the future. Feeling anxious from "what if" thoughts.
The Prophet
Thinking that when fear starts we won't be able to do anything about it. Scared of feeling scared.
Fraid of Fear
Thoughts that make us think we have to do everything perfectly, just right, by the rules. We feel that it's never good enough, that if it's not right, then it's wrong and bad. Impossible Rules.
Rulemaker
Used to stop All or Nothing thinking by believing something less extreme and negative.
Find the Middle
Encourages us to speak up when we're upset or need help.
Find Your Voice
Thinking that we can read people's minds, that we know what they're thinking negative about us. It's just our fear making a bad guess.
Mind Reader
Thinking very negative thoughts about ourselves; being a bully to ourselves, name calling.
The Bully
Helps us focus how most of the time we actually feel just fine.
Big Picture
Help us look hard for what is true and not what we fear. "What is" versus "What if".
Find the facts