Motivation is something I struggle with. Motivation to fight the negative thoughts in my head, motivation to go vacuum, or really anything that has a hint of being overwhelming in the moment. Being able to do daily tasks is important in recovery.
Challenging Negative Thoughts CBT Style
Activating event: need to do daily tasksEmotions: overwhelmed (high), worthless/burden (high), failure (medium), and anger (low).
Automatic Thoughts:
- I am worthless.
- I am of no use and place too much burden on my husband.
- I cannot get it all done.
- I am afraid of being around people.
- Disqualifying the positive: I have things about me that are worthy. I help people at work. ...this is all I can come up with. :( I am feeling really shitty today.
- I am not sure what the cognitive distortion would be here: I do add stress to my husband. He was aware of my issues when he married me. The best thing I can do now is try to get better.
- Jumping to conclusions: I know I can take it step by step. Staying in the moment will really help.
- Ehh... I think this is just a thought/feeling, not a distortion.
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