Name the ANT Buddy
What They Do
Name the automatic negative behavior that they represent
What they do 2
Real life use
100

Overgeneralization

Who is Ollie

100

Uses one word labels or names to describe self, someone else or the situation

Who is Labeling Lester

100

Allie

What is All or nothing thinking?

100

One bad thing means that everything is bad always. Like using words like, always, everyone, never, ect.

Who is overgeneralizing Ollie?

100

"It's not my fault! She made me so mad when she called me a name, so I hit her to make her stop. 

Who is blaming Betty?

200

Mind Reading

Who is Marty

200

Makes small problems seem like big problems-especially focusing on worse case scenarios 

Who is catastrophizing Cammie

200

Maddie

What is minimizing?

200

Other people should change to make you happy, and they will change given enough pressure to do so. 

Who is Change em' Charlie?

200

After acing a test, the student thinks, "Yeah, I did well on that test, but I just got lucky." 

Who is minimizing Maddie?

300

Shoulda 

Who is Steve

300

Argues and questions others to prove one opinion-even ignoring strong facts that prove the opposite.  

Who is always right Ron

300

Ellie

What is emotional reasoning?

300

Likes to guess the thoughts and feelings of others, then likes to think about why?

Who is mind reading Marty?

300

"What if I make a mistake during my speech and get a bad grade on the project?" 

Who is catastrophizing Carl?

400

Not Fair

Who is Frank

400

Focus on some things and ignore others. Really likes to focus on the bad and ignore the good. 

Who is Filtering Freddy

400

Pete

What is personalization?

400

Tends to blame others for problems and refuses to take responsibility-may even blame for personal feelings 

Who is Blaming Betty?

400

"I messed up my chemistry experiment today I never do anything right and I'll never understand." 

Who is overgeneralization Ollie?

500

Blaming

Who is Betty

500

Makes guesses on what is going on, even when there is no information about the facts.

Who is jumping to conclusions Jazz

500

Charlie

What is change em'?

500

Takes feelings as the truth-blocking out all logic from a situation.

Who is emotional reasoning Ellie? 

500

"Why does she get to use a fidget and I don't? Thats not fair!" 

Who is not fait Fred?