Write short notes on Realistic Thinking
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Our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are all tied together. Often our thought patterns may be negative and as a result, make us feel stressed, depressed, or anxious. Realistic thinking is a technique used in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help bring awareness to our thoughts and challenge them, in order to bring ourselves to new and more helpful ways of thinking.
The first step is to be aware of your own thoughts. What kinds of thoughts are you having? Do you notice any patterns around your thoughts?
Next, identify the thoughts that make you feel bad in any way. Not all thoughts that make you feel bad will be problematic and need to be challenged. Some thoughts will be a natural and normal reaction, like grief. Others may not be realistic, for example, you might do poorly on a test and then think you're going to fail school and become homeless. This is an example of a problematic thought that you may want to challenge. Look for thoughts that fall under the "thinking traps", for example, overestimating, all or nothing thinking, or negative filtering.
Challenge the negative thought! Try to look at the thought in a realistic and balanced way. Here are some questions to ask about your thought in order to challenge your negative thinking, including: "What is the worst that could happen?" and "Have I confused a thought with a fact?".
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