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Introducing the Thought Record

Introducing the Thought Record

A Thought Record simply a guide for walking you through the specific elements and steps of Cognitive Restructuring.

This "template" is composed of 6 steps:

  1. Pause: What happened here?
  2. Trigger: Who, What, When, Where, Why?
  3. Thoughts: What thoughts were running through my mind immediately after the trigger?
  4. Emotions: What emotions am I feeling right now? On a scale from 1 to 10, how intense are they?
  5. Alternative thoughts: What are some alternative-ideally, mode realistic-ways of interpreting what happened?
  6. Re-rate emotions: How intense are my emotions now?

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How can we deal with negative thinking? Psychology suggests that we should try to train our minds to think more positively about what happens to us.

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