"I Hope Your Mouth Falls Off!" (TCR7)

Rational beliefs make sense and cause no problems.

• true

• false

Irrational beliefs don't make sense and are not true.

• true

• false

The two "keys" for finding irrational beliefs are:

• checking your feelings

• checking your language

• checking the words of others

• looking at other people's facial expressions

Once we have noticed strong upset feelings and strong judgmental language, we know that some of our thinking is just fin and does not need to be changed.

• true

• false

Which 4 easy steps can help us to then decide which beliefs are causing problems?

• Ask, "Is that a Fact or a Belief?”

• Describe your feelings.

• Recall that there are some beliefs that make sense and some that don't make sense.

• Describe what happened before the feeling.

• Describe your thoughts.

If a statement is a Fact, it is probably true and shouldn't cause any problems.

• true

• false

Review the Eleven Irrational Beliefs.

Then fill in the blank with the number that tells which of the Eleven Irrational Beliefs is being used below:

"Ted made me so mad I flunked my math test, and it's all HIS FAULT!"

(a)  

Review the Eleven Irrational Beliefs.

Then fill in the blank with the number that tells which of the Eleven Irrational Beliefs is being used below:

"Ted's just awful!"

(a)  

Review the Eleven Irrational Beliefs.

Then fill in the blank with the number that tells which of the Eleven Irrational Beliefs is being used below:

"Ted should be different!"

(a)  

Review the Eleven Irrational Beliefs.

Then fill in the blank with the number that tells which of the Eleven Irrational Beliefs is being used below:

"Nobody likes me!"

(a)