Reframing Negative Thoughts
This worksheet helps 7th-grade students identify and reframe negative thoughts into more positive and realistic ones, promoting emotional well-being and resilience.
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Reframing Negative Thoughts
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Read each question carefully and provide thoughtful answers. This worksheet is designed to help you understand and practice reframing negative thoughts.
1. What is a negative thought? Give an example of a negative thought you might have.
2. How can negative thoughts impact your feelings and actions?
3. Which of the following is an example of 'catastrophizing'?
I made a mistake, but I'll learn from it.
I failed one test, so I'm going to fail every class and never graduate.
I did well on the project, but I could have done better.
My friend didn't text back, they must be busy.
4. Saying to yourself, 'Everyone else is better at this than I am,' is an example of:
All-or-nothing thinking
Overgeneralization
Mental filter
Comparison
5. When you actively challenge and change negative thoughts into more realistic and positive ones, you are your thoughts.
6. Instead of saying 'I always mess up,' a more helpful thought would be 'I sometimes, and I can from my mistakes.'
7. For each negative thought below, reframe it into a more positive or realistic thought.
Negative Thought:
Reframed Thought:
I'm not good at anything.
This is too hard; I'll never understand it.
Nobody likes me.
8. Reframing negative thoughts means ignoring your problems.
True
False
Our brains are constantly processing information and creating thoughts. Understanding how our brain works can help us take control of our thought patterns.
Think about a time your brain automatically jumped to a negative conclusion. How did you feel? What could you have done differently?