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Worksheet Sheet Thinking traps and unhelpful thoughts

The Name You Call Yourself

Swap the name you call yourself for a plain description of what happened.

Purpose: Swap the name you call yourself for a plain description of what happened.

When to use: Use this after you have called yourself something you would never call a friend.

Worksheet prompts

  1. What do you call yourself when things go wrong?
  2. Whose voice does it sound like?
  3. What did you actually do? Describe it without the name.
    Say what happened, the way a camera would show it.
  4. What would you call the version of you that is still trying?

A name sticks. A description you can work with.