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• she’d worked with the Daily Mood Log every day for at least thirty minutes.
• The Daily Mood Log may seem simple, but it’s a very sophisticated tool for changing how you think and feel. It will be the cornerstone of your treatment, as well.
• It’s important to identify and rate your negative emotions because specific kinds of feelings result from certain kinds of negative thoughts. Doing this will make it easier to identify your negative thoughts in Step 3.
• Anxiety, nervousness, or worry. You tell yourself that you’re in danger and that something terrible is about to happen. • Panic. You tell yourself that you’re about to die, suffocate, pass out, lose control, or go crazy. • Embarrassment. You tell yourself that you looked like an idiot in front of other people. • Shyness. You tell yourself that othe...
• The Necessary Condition. The positive thought must be 100% true. • The Sufficient Condition. The positive thought must put the lie to the negative thought.