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The Thought Record

6 minEndureFree episodeCBT
The Thought Record
Depression Skills
6 MINThe Thought Record
What you'll learn
  • →Learn the CBT thought record: situation → automatic thought → emotion → evidence for → evidence against → balanced thought.
  • →Walk through it once with a real depressive thought from this week.
  • →Build the skill until it becomes automatic — most negative thoughts can't survive the evidence test.
Proof task

Don't just watch. Do.

Pick one painful thought from this week. Write it at the top of a page. Underneath, write three pieces of evidence that it's true and three that it isn't. Then write a balanced version. Most depressive thoughts shrink under this exercise. Most of yours will too.

Chapters

Jump to a moment.

  • 0:00The hook
  • 1:15The pattern
  • 2:45The interrupt
  • 4:30Practice scenario
  • 5:30The proof task
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Reflect

“What thought have you been treating as a fact that, on the page, would obviously be just one possibility among many?”

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