#03: In this episode, I cover:
Talking back to your unhealthy thoughts Exploring the evidence Exchanging distorted thoughts with helpful ones The CBT mantra: “Catch it, Check it, Change it.”As mentioned in the previous episode, it is vital that we learn the habit of of being mindful to the nature of our thoughts in correlation with our mood, and we have been discussing the use of mood and thought tracking to do this.
In this episode, we will be going one step beyond thought tracking, and move into thought challenging, via exploring the evidence for our thoughts. Learning to track your thoughts and your mood via use of mood scales, or a related tool, was a preliminary step, because next we will need to write them down and put them in the hot seat (meaning we will seek out facts to either support or negate their claims).
