Your thoughts, attitudes and beliefs have a big effect on the way you feel. If you are feeling bad about things, the chances are that you’re thinking in an unhelpful way. This isn’t done consciously but it will prevent you from making an accurate assessment of your situation and perhaps jump to conclusions or get the wrong end of the stick. Download and study the following sessions to examine the way you think and how to spot errors in your thinking so that you can set yourself straight and feel healthier feelings which will allow you to live successfully.
Turning a mountain out of a molehill is called catastrophising. It is the result of taking one small negative event and turning it into a disaster. Download the pdf and see what you can do to change your thinking around catastrophising.
Sometimes known as black or white thinking, it is extreme thinking which can lead to extreme emotions and behaviours. Do you feel that people either love you or hate you….well download the pdf and see how you can examine and put right the thinking that leads you to these unhealthy emotions.
How many times when you eventually do do something, do you discover that it actually wasn’t as bad as you thought it was going to be. That’s probably because you had sat and predicted how things were going to turn out. Often the predictions we make about things are negative. Download the next pdf and learn how to step away from your crystal ball.
So you’re sure you know what other people think about you do you? If you’re trying to mind read and guess what others are thinking, no doubt you are guessing that they are thinking something bad about you. It’s time to look at mind reading and the strategies you can employ to help you get out of this trap. Download the next session and see if you’re trying to be a mind reader.
How many times do you think that the way you feel is the hard evidence for how things really are? Download the next session which explores this error of thinking and gives you some strategies to correct it.
Overgeneralising occurs when you draw conclusions that the world will always be one way after just one incident. You will always fail at exams, because you failed the last one or you find yourself saying “always”, “never”. Download the next session and find out what you can do about overgeneralising and help yourself to think in healthier ways.
Labels are everywhere. People who have little self confidence, may label themselves as inferior or inadequate. The process of labelling people and events doesn’t help. Download the next session which looks at how to challenge this error in thinking.
Thoughts and beliefs that contain the words, “should”, “must” and “ought” are thought to be at the heart of faulty thinking. Download the next session and see what you can do about them.
Sometimes we can bias the information we process and acknowledge only that which fits with the beliefs we have. This is a mental filtering thinking error and the next download will tell you how to overcome it and improve your thinking patterns.
This relates to the biased way that some people process information. Even if something is positive, all they see is the negative in things. Download the next session and see if you are guilty of throwing the baby out with the bathwater as the old expression goes.
Do you find yourself interpreting everything as your fault and overlook any other factors which may be involved. If so, this can lead to emotional difficulties and you can feel hurt or guilty when it isn’t necessary. Download the next session which looks at how you can tackle personalising things. There is some homework which can help you in the future to adapt to more helpful styles of thinking.