To Ground Yourself

1 Am I confusing a thought with a fact?

2 Am I jumping to conclusions?

3 Am I assuming my view of things is the only one possible?

4 Does this thought help or hinder me?

5 What are the advantages or disadvantages of thinking this way?

6 Am I asking questions that have no answers?

7 Am I thinking in ALL or Nothing terms?

8 Am I using ultimatum words in my thinking? (always, never,everyone,no-one,everything,nothing)

9 Am I condemning myself as a total person on the basis of a single event?

10 Am I concentrating on my weaknesses and forgetting my strengths?

11 Am I blaming myself for something that is not really my fault?

12 Am I taking things personally that have little or nothing to do with me?

13 Am I expecting myself to be perfect?

14 Am I using a double standard?

15 Am I only paying attention to the black side of things?

16 Am I overestimating the chances of disaster?

17 Am I exaggerating the importance of events?

18 Am I fretting about the way things ought to be, instead of accepting and dealing with them as they are?

19 Am I assuming I can do nothing to change my situation?

20 Am I predicting the future instead of experimenting with it?