Challenge Negative Thinking (2024)

Questions to ask yourself to help challenge your negative thoughts or self-talk:

• Am I falling into a thinking trap, e.g.catastrophizingoroverestimating danger?

• What is the evidence that this thought is true? What is the evidence that this it is not true?

• Have I confused a thought with a fact?

• What would I tell a friend if he/she had the same thought?

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• What would a friend say about my thought?

• Am I 100% sure that ___________will happen?

• How many times has __________happened before?

• Is __________so important that my future depends on it?

• What is the worst that could happen?

• If it did happen, what could I do to cope with or handle it?

• Is my judgment based on the way I feel instead of facts?

• Am I confusing “possibility” with “certainty”? It may be possible, but is it likely?

• Is this a hassle or a horror?

Thought Challenging – Worksheet

Thought_Challenging_Form.pdf