Worksheet 3.2: Cognitive Restructuring

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Instructions: Write down your intrusive thoughts. Identify the cognitive distortions in them. Write the statements that are cognitively restructured more adaptively, as shown in the examples.

Sr. No.	Intrusive Thought	Cognitive Distortion	Cognitive Restructuring
A	My thoughts should be good all the time; I should have no bad thoughts at all	Black or White Thinking	No one is perfect, including me. It is okay for me to have bad thoughts sometimes.
B	I think that I am a horrible person	Emotional Reasoning	I have sufficient evidence to show that I am not a horrible person. I will choose to look at the facts instead of my feelings.
C	I should always be able to control my anger	Shoulds	It is not possible to never feel angry. I can get angry too.
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