Practice turning thoughts around
Do this exercise by placing yourself mentally in situations taken from your own life.
Begin by answering the four questions, and only then find the turnarounds and write them in the exercise.
Don’t forget to find as many examples as possible for each turnaround—examples that show the turnaround is as true, if not truer, than the original thought.
___________
doesn’t understand me
1.
to the opposite:
to the self:
to the other:
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
__
I want
2.
to listen to me
to the opposite:
to the self:
to the other:
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
shouldn’t speak to me in that tone
___________
3.
____________________________________
to the self:
____________________________________
to the other:
____________________________________
to the opposite:
4.
___________
to the opposite:
to the self:
to the other:
should stop drinking
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
__
I need
5,
to understand me
to the opposite:
to the self:
to the other:
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
___________
is aggressive
6,
____________________________________
to the self:
____________________________________
to the other:
____________________________________
to the opposite:
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Practice turning thoughts around
Do this exercise by placing yourself mentally in situations taken from your own life.
Begin by answering the four questions, and only then find the turnarounds and write them in the exercise.
Don’t forget to find as many examples as possible for each turnaround—examples that show the turnaround is as true, if not truer, than the original thought.
___________
doesn’t understand me
1.
to the opposite:
to the self:
to the other:
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
__
I want
2.
to listen to me
to the opposite:
to the self:
to the other:
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
shouldn’t speak to me in that tone
___________
3.
____________________________________
to the self:
____________________________________
to the other:
____________________________________
to the opposite:
4.
___________
to the opposite:
to the self:
to the other:
should stop drinking
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
__
I need
5,
to understand me
to the opposite:
to the self:
to the other:
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
___________
is aggressive
6,
____________________________________
to the self:
____________________________________
to the other:
____________________________________
to the opposite: