Helpful and Unhelpful Thoughts

Unhelpful thoughts can be:

• True

• Exaggerations

• A matter of perspective

• Completely false

• All of the above

Helpful thoughts can be:

• True

• Mostly true

• Exaggerations

• Aspirations

• All of the above

"I made a mistake, so I am a failure." is an example of what kind of thinking?

• A helpful thought

• An unhelpful thought

• Accurate thinking

• I'm not sure what kind of thinking.

What kind of thinking is this: "Someone I love so much doesn't care about me, so I am worthless and unlovable."

• Helpful thinking

• Unhelpful thinking

• Reasonable thinking

• Confused thinking

What kind of thinking is this thought: "I deserve love and respect."

• Helpful

• Unhelpful

• Arrogant

"I am wonderfully made." is what kind of thinking?

• Biblical

• Helpful

• Unhelpful

• Wrong

Which thoughts can be considered helpful? (select all that apply)

• I am always right.

• I can find a solution.

• I am smart.

• I know everything.

• I am capable.

Which thoughts are too extreme and can cause "cognitive dissonance"?

• I am always in the right place at the right time.

• I am loved by everyone who has met me.

• I am the luckiest person in the world.

• I am the most intelligent person and should become emperor of the island.

Automatic thoughts are often (select all that apply)

• inaccurate.

• unhelpful.

• unchangeable and permanent.