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Circle of Control/REframing Thoughts

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Focusing on what's in your "Circle of control" can significantly reduce stress and improve your problem solving abilities.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which can you control? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY!

a)

behavior

b)

past events

c)

weather

d)

habits

3.

Which can't you control? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY!

a)

communication

b)

school policies

c)

perspective

d)

other people's feelings

4.

Which can you control? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY!

a)

homework time

b)

self-care

c)

other peoples opinions

d)

family background

5.

Which can't you control? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY!

a)

natural disasters

b)

social media usage

c)

global events

d)

choices

6.

Reframing your thoughts is a powerful coping skills that teaches you to change your perspective turning thoughts that propel you forward to thoughts that bring you down.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Cognitive distortions are negative patterns of thinking that are inaccurate, exaggerated and not based on fact.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Focusing exclusively on the negatives on the negative while ignoring any positive aspects of a situation.

a)

jumping to conclusions

b)

control fallicies

c)

mental filtering

9.

Making negative interpretations without concrete evidence, can include mind reading and fortune telling.

a)

comparisons

b)

discounting the positives

c)

jumping to conclusions

d)

control falicies

10.

Holding other responsible for our emotions or problems without considering your own role.

a)

blaming

b)

fallacy of fairness

c)

comparisons

d)

mental filtering

11.

Believing life should be fair and if it's not, it's a major injustice.

a)

blaming

b)

fallacy of fairness

c)

comparisons

d)

control of fallacies

12.

Belittling positive experiences by explaining them away.

a)

mental filtering

b)

fallacy of fairness

c)

blaming

d)

discounting the positive

13.

Giving yourself a harsh name like "loser" or "failure" after a mistake instead of seeing it as a one time event.

a)

should statments

b)

labeling

c)

all or nothing

d)

overgenerlaizing

14.

Telling yourself how things should be when reality doesn't match up.

a)

mind reading

b)

personalization

c)

should statements

d)

emotional reasoning

15.

When you see things as black or white, perfect or fail, with no inbetween.

a)

all or nothing

b)

labeling

c)

catastrophizing

d)

magnifying

16.

Predicting the future and usually thinking it will go badly without any real proof.

a)

should statments

b)

minimizing

c)

fortune telling

d)

mind reading

17.

Taking one bad thing and thinking it's going to be that way forever.

a)

all or nothing

b)

magnifying

c)

emotional reasoning

d)

overgeneralizing

18.

Believing that what you feel must be true, even though feelings aren't facts.

a)

mind reading

b)

overgenerlization

c)

emotional reasoning

d)

fortune telling

19.

Thinking that what others say or do is some kind of reaction to you.

a)

personalization

b)

minimizing

c)

overgeneraliztion

d)

emotional reasoning

20.

What style is this statement: I FEEL LIKE A LOSER SO I MUST BE ONE.

a)

labeling

b)

emotional reasoning

c)

personalization

d)

mind reading

21.

What style is this statement: I'M GOING TO FAIL THE EXAM NEXT WEEK, I JUST KNOW IT!

a)

personalization

b)

all or nothing

c)

fortune telling

d)

mind reading

22.

What styles is this statement: MY PARENTS ARE UPSET, IT MUST BE SOMETHING I'VE DONE.

a)

personalization

b)

blaming

c)

catastrophizing

d)

emotional reasoning

23.

What does ANT's stand for?

(a)  

24.

Flip this negative thought to a positive thought:

"I'll never be good at this."

4 lines
25.

Flip this negative thought to a positive one:

I am not a very good singer.

4 lines