Part 4

Jamie’s experiment

Listen to hear Jamie talking about an experiment:

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“I thought my friends just didn’t want to hear about it.”

— Jamie

Here is an experiment Jamie did:

  
    1) Thought (rate how strong thoughts are from 0 to 10):
  
    If I say something about feelings, my friend will change the topic (9/10). They will not want to catch up again (9/10).
  
    2) Experiment: How can I test the thought?
  
    Talk to a close friend about how I am feeling.
  
    3) Results:
  
    My friend did not change the topic, we are meeting again next week. I felt less stressed after talking.
  
    4) What I learned:
  
      My thought was not true that my friend will not want to see me again.

    5) New thought (rate how strong thoughts are from 0 to 10):
  
    Friends listen if you talk about feelings (9/10). I feel less stressed after talking (9/10).

You can see how Taylor, Riley and Jamie changed their thinking.

After doing an experiment think - how can I build on this? Jamie thought: I can try the experiment with another friend?

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