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HOW
TO THINK OPTIMISTICALLY & DEAL WITH ADVERSITY
"Interrupt Your Negative
Trains Of Thought"
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According to the cognitive therapists, it is a mistake to assume that emotions
arise directly from events.
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Rather, they arise from the thoughts that events prompted.
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Monitor your automatic thoughts.
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Because it is flowing through our minds so constantly and rapidly, we are
largely unaware of the inner dialogue we carry on with ourselves.
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Question whether your automatic thoughts are actually yours.
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Once you begin monitoring your inner dialogue and learn to listen to this
material playing in your mind, you realize that some of the thoughts are
not really your own.
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Rather, they are your thoughts conditioned.
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Correct your cognitive distortions.
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Question the logic of your automatic thinking.
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In the process of questioning our logic, it helps to have labels for the
cognitive distortions. Here are some basic labels.
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