Thought Stopping Worksheet
This worksheet helps Grade 5 students learn and practice the 'Thought Stopping' technique to manage unwanted thoughts and emotions.
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This worksheet will help you practice 'Thought Stopping', a technique to help you manage unhelpful or unwanted thoughts. Read each section carefully and answer the questions.
What is Thought Stopping?
Thought Stopping is a skill that helps you stop unwanted or negative thoughts that are bothering you. It's like pressing a 'pause' button on your brain to give yourself a break from those thoughts.
1. Thought Stopping is a skill to help you manage or thoughts.
2. When you use Thought Stopping, it's like pressing a button on your brain.
3. Which of these is a good reason to use Thought Stopping?
You are having a fun thought.
A thought is making you feel worried or sad.
You are thinking about what to eat for dinner.
You are trying to remember something important.
How to Use Thought Stopping
When you notice an unwanted thought, you can do these steps:
1. Say 'STOP!' silently or out loud (if you are alone).
2. Take a deep breath.
3. Change your focus to something else, like a different activity or a positive thought.
4. Describe a time when you might use the 'STOP!' step in Thought Stopping. What kind of thought would you want to stop?
5. You should try to stop every thought you have, even good ones.
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6. After saying 'STOP!', it's helpful to take a deep breath.
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7. Imagine you are about to take a test, and you keep thinking, 'I'm going to fail! I can't do this!' How would you use Thought Stopping in this situation? What would you do after saying 'STOP!'?