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CBT DAY - Negative Thinking, Part III


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Rcguy, Yes! I would recommend you start utilizing the 10 questions for challenging thoughts. (See below.) The questions are designed to help you see the situation for what it is instead of letting your negative thought patterns assign meaning to the situation for you. Once you've worked on this skill, you can start purposefully asking for help. Start small like asking someone to pass you something at work or the office and keep working towards bigger helping hands. Don't forget to keep asking yourself those ten questions as you go along. It may also be helpful to you to explore where this distrusts comes from. Does it stem from childhood? Friendships? Relationships? All of the above? Hope this helps. Danielle, Bilingual Health Educator
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Hi rcguy I have some problems with trust as well. I tend to think that people are only being friendly or helpful out of politeness or duty or even pity (though I'm not pitiable, and don't come across as such, so I don't know where that came from :confuse:), and that they have far more important things to do than to help me, so I find it very hard to ask for help. I've been working on looking for evidence that this is true or not true, and it's been a big eye-opener for me. I've been experimenting/testing as well, and although it's going to be awhile before I actually believe that people like me for who I am and actually want to help, but I've at least accepted that my original belief [i]may[/i] not be true.
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Hi Danielle; One negative thought pattern for me is that i can't trust anyone. I tend to think everone is working against me, and i am the only one i can trust. This makes it hard to ask for help. Any suggestions?.......rcguy
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Members, Last week, we asked you to identify your negative thought patterns. You may have identified that your patterns revolve around stressful situations, self-esteem, insecurities, healing the past, your relationships with others, etc… This week we encourage you to begin putting together a plan that will aid you in breaking those patterns. Here are some tips to help you along: 1) Identify the issue: Chances are your negative thought tracking revealed many issues. Choose the one that is most prominent or contributes most to your behaviours. 2) Select a goal: The goal should be reflective of the behaviour you are trying to correct. 3) Implement: Break your bigger goal down into smaller steps. 4) Track: Track your progress along the way. Are you seeing a decrease in your negative thoughts? Is the subsequent behaviour improving? Danielle, Bilingual Health Educator

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