Identify unhelpful thinking: How your thoughts affect how you feel
There are so many ways of thinking about a situation, yet our minds more often adopt the most unhelpful perspective.
We can become fixated on one aspect of a situation (sometimes the negatives) whilst ignoring the rest (often the positives). We may jump to the worst-case scenario and list all the things that could go wrong. These unhelpful patterns are our mind’s way of keeping us safe, but it can affect our confidence, taking away our joy, and making our world smaller.
These thoughts don’t just exist - they are the ones we desperately try to suppress, growing frustrated when we can’t. Sometimes, they become the loudest voices in our minds, and they are the ones we listen to the most when we make important decisions.
Our Identifying Unhelpful Thinking module explores this in a variety of ways that encourages more positive and supportive ways of coping.
When we know ourselves and the old thought patterns that our mind is prone to, we can make choices from a more informed perspective and cope with life’s challenges with a better understanding of ourselves.
Learning to identify your most common unhelpful thoughts, and how they make you feel, is the first step towards replacing them with more helpful and positive ways of approaching situations in your life.
Our Counselling team provides practical techniques and applications to help people with neurological condition to live their best lives. To attend our next module, visit our Events page. Alternatively, you can contact MSWA Counsellor, Sidrah Khan, [email protected].
To explore our other Wellbeing modules, please contact MSWA Wellbeing Manager, Michaela Mundy on [email protected].
