Creating Meaning 1
"I need my phone"
a. Actions Speak Louder Than Words
b. Beating Yourself Up
c. Confusing Needs and Wants
d. If this... Then That...
c. Confusing Needs and Wants
"Nothing good will ever happen to me. They never have."
a. Mind Reading
b. Actions Speak Louder than Words
c. The Past Is The Present
d. Instant Satisfaction
c. The Past Is The Present
"You only live once- just do it!"
a. If This... Than That..
b. Focus on the Negative
c. Short-Term Thinking
d. I'm Crazy
c. Short-Term Thinking
"My parents wouldn't have gotten divorced if I wasn't so difficult."
a. It's All My Fault
b. The Escape
c. The Past is the Present
d. Mind Reading
a. It's All My Fault
"I've never been good at anything."
a. Short-term thinking
b. Ignoring cues
c. Deprivation Reasoning
d. Focus on the negative
d. Focus on the negative
"Anyone with a childhood like mine would be using drugs"
a. The Escape
b. Shoulds
c. Deprivation Reasoning
d. I'm crazy
c. Deprivation Reasoning
"I've never been good at anything."
a. Short-term thinking
b. Ignoring cues
c. Deprivation reasoning
d. Focus on the negative
d. Focus on the negative
"If I get the teacher I want, then I'll start going to school."
a. The Good Old Days
b. The Past is the Present
c. Time Warp
d. If This... Than That..
d. If this... than that..
"I'm gonna steal that shirt because I have to have it!"
a. No future
b. Instant satisfaction
c. Dangerous permission
d. Time warp
b. Instant satisfaction
"My life has been nothing but a series of disappointments."
a. The Escape
b. Ignoring Cues
c. All or None Thinking
d. Short-Term Thinking
c. All or None Thinking
"I'm messed up in the head."
a. Deprivation reasoning
b. Life-or-death thinking
c. I'm crazy
d. Shoulds
c. I'm crazy
"I feel unlovable, so I'll probably never have a girlfriend."
a. It's All My Fault
b. Deprivation Reasoning
c. Feelings Are Reality
d. All or None Thinking
c. Feelings Are Reality
"It's summer break so I'm going to celebrate by getting high."
a. Shoulds
b. Feelings are reality
c. No Future
d. Dangerous Permission
d. Dangerous Permission
"If I don't get invited to homecoming, I'll die of embarrassment."
a. The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
b. Instant Satisfaction
c. I Am My Trauma
d. Life-or-death Thinking
d. Life-or-death Thinking
"I am a bad kid."
a. Uniqueness Fallacy
b. Beating Yourself Up
c. Short-term Thinking
d. Life-or-death Thinking
b. Beating Yourself Up
"The trauma happened when I was 7 so it made me who I am."
a. I Am My Trauma
b. Confusing Needs and Wants
c. No Future
d. Ignoring Cues
a. I Am My Trauma
"If I punch a hole in the wall, then they will understand how angry I am."
a. Short-term thinking
b. Actions speak louder than words
c. Focus on the negative
d. Feelings are reality
b. Actions speak louder than words
"I won't live past the age 25."
a. Feelings are reality
b. No future
c. I'm crazy
d. Ignoring cues
b. No future
"If I told my group about my trauma, no one would be able to relate to it."
a. Time Warp
b. Beating Yourself Up
c. Ignoring Cues
d. Uniqueness Fallacy
d. Uniqueness Fallacy
"Unless I cut myself, this feeling will last forever."
a. Life-or-Death Thinking
b. Time Warp
c. Uniqueness Fallacy
d. I Am My Trauma
b. Time Warp
"I just gotta fake it 'til I make it."
a. Ignoring cues
b. Shoulds
c. The squeaky wheel gets the grease
d. No future
a. Ignoring cues
"I can tell my counselor is judging me because I relapsed."
a. Mind reading
b. Instant satisfaction
c. Deprivation reasoning
d. It's all my fault
a. Mind reading
"My parents never pay attention to me unless I'm in a crisis."
a. The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
b. Dangerous Permission
c. The Good Old Days
d. No Future
a. The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
"My parents should be more lenient because I'm having a hard time."
a. No future
b. I'm crazy
c. Shoulds
d. The past is the present
c. Shoulds
"I need to get drunk because I had a bad day."
a. The escape
b. I am my trauma
c. I'm crazy
d. The good old days
a. The escape