Are you a Thought Detective?

Can you spot and challenge any of the following unhelpful thinking styles? Are you a Thought Detective?

Negative – find faults in everything, looks for things that could go wrong, always thinks about the downside to things
Worrying – mind always overactive, over analysing everything, thinking about these areas / situation’s & what could go wrong
Paranoid – possibly believing other people are talking about you, trying to manipulate you in some way or reject you. Worry about how you appear
Black & White – known as ‘all or nothing’ thinking – reacting to experiences in an extreme way, one way or the other e.g. “I’m never drinking again”, “that was the nicest food I’ve ever eaten” “I cannot cope”
Catastrophic – emotional blowing things out of proportion, exaggerating and dramatising the thought / experience / threat e.g “that food was absolutely horrific” “my leg was about to fall off it was that sore” “I found a spot on my leg, maybe I’ve got cancer”
Learned helplessness – believing they have little control over their lives – thinking & feeling in a helpless way, even though they do have the power & control
Impulsive – wanting to feel good right now. Wanting to complete an action or behaviour in order to achieve this feeling, even when you know you probably shouldn’t e.g buying clothes, smoking, cheating, over-eating
Perfectionism – high social anxiety, sets high standards, strongly dislike the idea of failing, low self esteem
Hypervigilance – very observant within their own body and the world around them. More likely to pick up negative vibes from people around them and overanalyse them. Also, do this with any ache and pain within themselves

These unhelpful ways of thinking are developed and learned. They can cause havoc and can accelerate an individual’s symptoms.

If you have developed some unhelpful ways of thinking and you would like to change that, get in touch and arrange a free consultation online with one of our Thrive Programme® Coaches.