challenging anxious thoughts pdf

0000001407 00000 n Understanding Social Anxiety–Challenging Anxious Thinking, Social Anxiety 110 Student Counselling Services, University of Saskatchewan 4 What The Mind Does Individuals with social anxiety exaggerate threat. *�9�m�>��z��bH9��,f6h��Z��ا��x /Prev 50842 0000066892 00000 n Anxiety distorts our thinking by causing us to overestimate the likelihood of something going wrong, and imagine the potential consequences as worse than they really are. Thoughts can serve to make our anxiety … Another simple resource, this one-page worksheet serves as an appendix of questions focused on challenging automatic thoughts. trailer PDF. This is the Challenging Anxious Thoughts worksheet. /Length1 14320 0000007517 00000 n This can help to improve your mood and reduce your anxiety or stress levels. Psychoeducation is interspersed with examples, and opportunities for your clients to write about their own experiences. 0000016316 00000 n Unhelpful Thoughts. /ViewerPreferences 3 0 R /Ascent 1048 << xref 0000002824 00000 n /LastChar 121 stream 0000035632 00000 n Thought Record Sheet: Anorexia . /Subtype /TrueType 0000022274 00000 n The question is what am I going to make of my future? 0000012374 00000 n They tend to: have a higher frequency of negative thoughts than positive thoughts … 0000104657 00000 n 0000050294 00000 n /Size 51 Thought Record Sheet: 6 column . Many distorted thought … 0000025371 00000 n /MaxWidth 1742 Download the 'Ten steps to challenging an unhelpful thinking style' sheet to help you question just how inaccurate your thoughts are and help you adopt more positive ways of thinking. /ItalicAngle 0 50 0 obj Have I confused a thought with a fact? /StemV 60 Thought Record Sheet: Anxiety The thoughts … ad things—even … �*c�h� �Xp#K��X�? 0000015417 00000 n 7 0 obj >> h��A 0ð4\{\Gc��z�C. Step 4: More on helpful and realistic ways of thinking More tips on helpful thinking… /Filter /FlateDecode endobj This worksheet teaches a client how to use logic to challenge anxious thoughts. 0000004418 00000 n Searching for evidence that a particular thought trap is true can be an effective challenge for most thought … 0000015908 00000 n Panic 110 - Challenging anxious thinking Student Counselling Services, University of Saskatchewan 7 Eliminating Catastrophic Thinking We all have a running monologue that goes on in our mind … 0000017773 00000 n 0000001733 00000 n 0000044686 00000 n 1427 53 What am I thinking or imagining? What is the evidence that this thought is true? What is the evidence that this thought is not true? dM�o��u;�w�|�kE��d9Za��l�#Ly�o? 0000001935 00000 n 8 0 obj trailer 0000005911 00000 n 0000036020 00000 n << /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding Confronting Your Anxiety Provoking Thoughts Objective • To learn to accept rather than avoid the thoughts that make you anxious. 0000005593 00000 n 0000016787 00000 n 0000050046 00000 n Thought Record Sheet: Anger . 0000035384 00000 n 4 47 Sometimes, just taking a moment to think about these facts can help us recognize our irrational thoughts. 0000036682 00000 n /StructParents 0 /Type /Page 0000021558 00000 n endstream << 1427 0 obj <> endobj ,��h�)@L)�@��z$3�`2af�Ø�x�!�!�!��ɏq%�#�S'�s=�k&!�h�6�u��2�0^b�g��a�Z�E"ŏ��b0c��0�A@��!�A��5�=&Ʃ:\2_��Nb�f��oBJ�L=@��!�Hs2��Z-wb� ǜ�� @� � �۬� thoughts that make you anxious, and use the Challenging Negative Thinking handout to help you replace your anxious thoughts with more realistic ones. 0000002144 00000 n /Type /Font 1h2b�*d&c�&dĠ]Ȉ��41X(dĠCȈAX��a�HȈ�b!#K��,�i��f^&&Z5FˍQ F#j0�ŤӧUKw��!�m�� Challenging Anxious Thoughts. 0000012871 00000 n Trying not to think these thoughts can just make your anxiety worse - it's much better to challenge them and tackle worries directly. 0000007067 00000 n Imagine you are faced with the anxiety … /Lang (en-US) /Linearized 1 %�� %PDF-1.5 9 0 obj 0000030382 00000 n /Rotate 0 Anxiety also influences how we behave. How much do I believe this thought? 0000010883 00000 n You Should Know Avoiding thinking about your worries just makes them worse. %PDF-1.4 %�� >> 5. }��Mm��)X��Β�@��uj�G�֎G%��}T*�Ǆ�"��@�!�nD`��1��B�nMu�@�J��\�#"q!։��FXۍu�=:c-,[�m &a:>U�w�=��X��\�+�͊pE�8�w��y�Sp� What would a friend say about my thought? When you are feeling anxious, use this process to calm yourself down and gain self-confidence. Thinking about a situation in a realistic, more balanced way will help to break the vicious circle of anxiety and those anxious thoughts. 0000066772 00000 n Other thought challenge or record sheets (PDF format) THINK ! Helping Health Anxiety . Am I falling into a thinking trap (e.g., catastrophizing or overestimating danger)? 0000056406 00000 n /Length 111 0000036398 00000 n /Pages 1 0 R /F6 31 0 R /F7 38 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS7 45 0 R /GS8 46 0 R >> >> 0000013363 00000 n 6 0 obj /Widths 10 0 R Thought Diary – Example. 0000008514 00000 n 0000007905 00000 n 0000007612 00000 n %%EOF HANDOUT 3: Identifying and Challenging Unhelpful Thinking Associated With Toilet Anxiety . << << endobj 0000063649 00000 n 0000021323 00000 n Automatic thought I’ve wasted my life – so many lost opportunities. 3 UNHELPFUL THOUGHTS … /MarkInfo << /Marked true >> What would I tell a friend if he/she had the same thought? /FontWeight 700 0000002602 00000 n /H [ 1533 200 ] 0000006452 00000 n Aromatherapy is thought to help activate certain receptors in your brain, potentially easing anxiety. 0000017297 00000 n It can increase anxiety and pre-vent people from taking action in a situation where action is required. stream 0000022554 00000 n /Group << /Type /Group /S /Transparency /CS /DeviceRGB >> << 0000011163 00000 n If the client is able to successfully challenge anxious thoughts… /Length 7722 >> /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /XHeight 250 0000002320 00000 n endstream endobj 1478 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/Index[56 1371]/Length 55/Size 1427/Type/XRef/W[1 1 1]>>stream Many people seek ways to distract themselves from their anxiety provoking thoughts… endobj /Resources << /Font << /F1 7 0 R /F2 11 0 R /F3 15 0 R /F4 19 0 R /F5 27 0 R 0000060110 00000 n