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Rational Thinking
The next step in dealing with negative thinking is to challenge the negative thoughts that you identified using the Thought Awareness technique.
Look at every thought you wrote down and rationally challenge it. Ask yourself whether the thought is reasonable: Does it stand up to fair scrutiny?
As an example, by analyzing your Stress Diary you might identify that you have frequently had the following negative thoughts:
* Feelings of inadequacy |
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* Worries that your work performance wont reach the required standards
* An anxiety that things outside your control will undermine your efforts
* Worries about other peoples reactions to your work.
Starting with these, you might challenge these negative thoughts in the ways shown:
* Feelings of inadequacy: Have you trained and educated yourself as well as you reasonably should to do the job? Do you have the experience and resources you need to do it? >>> |
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