Meanings 1
"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 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
"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'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
"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
"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 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
"If I don't get invited to homecoming, I'll die of embarrassment."
a. The Squeaking Wheel Gets the Grease
b. Instant Satisfaction
c. I Am My Trauma
d. Life-or-Death Thinking
d. Life-or-Death Thinking
"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
"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
"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... Then That
d. If This... Then That
"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
"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
"I'm a bad kid."
a. Uniqueness Fallacy
b. Beating Yourself Up
c. Short-Term Thinking
d. Life-or-Death Thinking
b. Beating Yourself Up
"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
"Unless I cut myself, this feeling will last forever."
Time Warp
"My life has been nothing but a series of disappointments."
All or None Thinking
"You only live once - just do it!"
Short-Term Thinking
"I just gotta fake it 'til I make it."
Ignoring Cues
"I won't live past age 25."
No Future
"I need my phone."
Confusing Needs and Wants
"Nothing good will ever happen to me. They never have."
The Past Is The Present
"I'm gonna steal that shirt because I've gotta have it!"
Instant Satisfaction
"I can tell my counselor is judging me because I relapsed."
Mind Reading
"When I drank, I was the life of the party! Everyone loved me."
The Good Old Days