Now it’s time to identify your own thinking patterns so you can begin to increase your positive thoughts and decrease the negative ones! The questions below are ones you can ask yourself when dealing with thoughts or worries that bring you down.
10 Challenge Questions to Bust Negative Thinking!
What are the facts for and against this idea?
Am I confusing a habit with a fact?
Am I thinking in all or none terms?
Am I using extreme/ exaggerated words (e.g. always, never, worst, best)?
Is the source of information reliable?
Am I believing things are totally certain instead of seeing other possibilities?
Am I stuck in the past or looking forward?
Am I overestimating how much control I had?
What would I say to a friend if they had this thought?
Am I jumping to conclusions based on my emotions?
Click next to complete the activity and learn how to control your thinking!
Good Job!
Congratulations on challenging your negative thoughts!
On the next page, you will be able to print what you entered on the previous page. This can help to serve as a reminder to you about how to challenge your negative thoughts everyday.
To print your thought challenge now, click Next!
1. What is a negative thought you've been struggling with lately? You can enter as many as you want, or come back to enter more later!
2. Choose a question to challenge your negative thought:
3. Now, use this challenging question to combat your negative thought!
