Reframing Negative Thoughts
A worksheet for grade 9 students on identifying and reframing negative thought patterns to promote positive mental well-being.
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Reframing Negative Thoughts
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This worksheet will help you understand and practice reframing negative thoughts. Read each question carefully and provide thoughtful responses.
1. What is a 'negative thought'? Describe a common negative thought you might have and its potential impact.
2. Why is it important to identify and address negative thoughts?
3. Which of the following best describes 'catastrophizing'?
Focusing only on the negative aspects of a situation.
Assuming you know what others are thinking without evidence.
Exaggerating the potential negative outcomes of an event.
Believing that everything is either good or bad, with no middle ground.
4. 'All-or-nothing thinking' is a cognitive distortion where you:
See things in extreme, black-and-white terms.
Take personal responsibility for events outside your control.
Generalize a single negative event into a never-ending pattern.
Constantly expect the worst to happen.
5. When you focus only on the negative details of a situation and ignore the positive, you are engaging in .
6. The tendency to assume that you know what someone else is thinking without any real evidence is called .
7. Describe the process of 'reframing' a negative thought. Provide an example.
8. List two practical strategies you can use to challenge and change a negative thought.
9. Reframing negative thoughts means ignoring problems and pretending everything is fine.
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False
10. Cognitive distortions are always easy to recognize in your own thinking.
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False
11. Think about a recent situation where you experienced a negative thought. Describe the thought and then reframe it into a more positive or realistic one. Explain how this reframing might change your feelings or actions.