Yesterday at work I was feeling really ...down I guess; a whole mix of feelings but all negative. So I grabbed a pad of paper, marked down the time, and I started to record every time I made a cognitive distortion. In the matter of about 5 minutes, I came up with four of them! The first step is to be able to identify specifically what is happening in your unconscious mind and become more aware of it. What is it telling you or assuming that is making you feel bad. And then I tried to counter those distorted thoughts in my head. I'm going to continue to identify and write down the CDs every time I start to feel crappy, as a start. Because I realize now that feeling badly for no apparent reason is a strong signal that your unconscious (and conscious) minds are not thinking rationally. And worst of all it's tricky because it's also one of those congnitive distortions - "I feel, therefore I am."Anyway... I found it a really helpful exercise.