Part 5
Have a look at these kinds of thinking. Include your own examples.
| Tick | Thinking Style | Example of Thought | My Example |
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| Noticing negatives | Bailey thought ‘I am a failure because I am behind in my homework after Nanna died’ but forgot the positive that all tests in class had been done. | ||
| Blaming yourself | Riley thought ‘The accident is my fault’. Jamie thought ‘My parents divorced because of me’. | ||
| Shoulds | Lin thought ‘I shouldn’t feel this way’. Jamie thought ‘I should always put on a brave face with friends. |
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| All-or-nothing | Riley thought ‘If I don’t see my friends every weekend, there is no point seeing them’. | ||
| Mind-reading | Jamie thought ‘My friends will think I’m weird if tell them how I’m feeling’. | ||
| Predicting the future | Bailey thought ‘Not listening at schools means I am going to fail and never finish school’. Lin thought ‘My feelings will never go away if I think about Mum’. |
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| Other | List your examples. |
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