So, I am sitting here right now filling out a Thought Record. It is a tool from the book Mind Over Mood, that my therapist recommend. This book is a tool to help a person who wants to change the way they think. The Thought Record is one of those tools. The Thought Record has you write down a situation, what moods you are feeling as you have a thought/rumination, what "automatic" thoughts are in your head, identify the Hot Thought, evidence that supports the Hot Thought, evidence that does not support the Hot Thought, alternative/balanced thoughts, and re-rating the moods.
I haven't done this very often but I have found that when I have a thought that is really flying through my head filling one of these outs helps me what emotion is behind the thought and understand why I am feeling the way I do, and to figure out whether this thought is accurate or not. This is a good way to start retraining my mind.
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