Automatic Negative Thoughts & Motivation

"It's too late for me to get honor roll so I might as well not even try to do well." What type of ANT is this an example of?

• Mind Reading

• All or Nothing

• Fortune Telling

• Labeling

True or False. Our brains are wired to see things through a negative lens to help us evaluate threats?

• True

• False

You wave hello to a friend and she ignores you. That must mean she hates you, right?

• Yes! Spend the next 20 minutes replaying it in your mind.

• Probably not. Odds are she just didn't see you.

• Yes! She just talked to you in class and things were cool but you're sure you did something to make her hate you.

• No. You have no evidence of that, you are just falling into the mind reading ANT.

True or False. It is possible to reframe automatic negative thoughts into more accurate thoughts.

• True

• False

Check strategies you can use to improve motivation.

• Celebrate small successes

• Get more physical activity

• Set small SMART goals

• Nothing. You have no control over your motivation.

Positive thinking changes your brain. Your brain gets a boost of ________________ every time you celebrate a success.

In what area of your life are you struggling the most with motivation right now?

• Chores at home

• Staying involved in sports and hobbies

• School work in general

• Virtual learning specifically

• Nothing right now, I am motivated

Seeing situations as "glass half empty" is what kind of ANT?

• Fortune Telling

• Mind Reading

• Guilt Beating

• Focusing on the Negative

True or False. Working on building a positive/growth mindset means that you just ignore all of the negative things in life and pretend to be happy all the time.

• True

• False

In what area of your life are you going to make one small change starting TODAY to feel more motivated and more productive?