Negative Thoughts Quiz

What is negative thinking?

• Finding the best in everything

• Finding the worst in everything

• Ignoring your thoughts

• Always being happy

What can negative thoughts cause?

• Better sleep

• Happiness

• Stress or tension headaches

• More friends

What is 'all or nothing thinking'?

• Seeing everything as boring

• Seeing everything as perfect

• Seeing everything as one way or another

• Seeing everything as funny

What does 'personalizing' mean?

• Being happy all the time

• Helping others

• Ignoring your mistakes

• Blaming yourself for everything

What is 'filter thinking'?

• Seeing everything clearly

• Seeing only the negative side

• Seeing nothing at all

• Seeing only the positive side

What does 'jumping to conclusions' involve?

• Thinking about the past

• Listening to music

• Imagining what others are thinking

• Being very careful

What is 'emotional reasoning'?

• Being very logical

• Feeling happy all the time

• Ignoring your feelings

• Thinking your feelings are true

What does 'labelling' mean?

• Changing your name

• Ignoring names

• Assigning negative labels to yourself

• Giving yourself a positive name

What is 'over-generalising'?

• Thinking everything is the same

• Thinking one thing never happens

• Thinking one thing always happens

• Thinking everything is different

What does 'catastrophising' mean?

• Ignoring problems

• Making things seem less important

• Blowing things out of proportion

• Being very calm