| Negative thought or situation |
Coping statement |
| I'm going to fail | I'll probably do all right, but even if I don't, it's not the end of the world. |
| They will laugh at me | They have no reason to laugh at me, and even if they laugh at me, I don't care. |
| This feeling isn't comfortable or pleasant. | I can accept it. |
| I am anxious and therefore I can't deal with this situation. | I can be anxious and still deal with this situation. |
| I am scared. | Nothing here is dangerous. |
| I am scared. | Nothing serious is going to happen to me. |
| There is nothing that will help my situation. | I can't know that for sure. There are many things I have not tried yet. |
| This task is too difficult for me to handle. | This may seem hard now, but it will become easier and easier over time. |
| I'm no good at anything. | There are many things I am pretty good at. |
| Everyone thinks I'm fat and ugly. | I have no real evidence to base that. Even if someone thinks I am ugly, I don't care. |
| They all probably think I am an idiot. | I can't read others' minds. |
| There is just too much to do, I'll never finish it all. | If I just chunk away at it one thing at a time, there'll be less that I have to do each time, and I could handle it better. |
| I hate myself. | I accept who I am, even though I may not like some of my traits and behaviors. |
| I completely failed. | You have put up with disappointments all your life; you can tolerate this one too. |
| Because no one supports me, I cannot overcome anxiety. | The world doesn't have to make it easy for me to get a handle on my anxiety. |
| I'll do it tomorrow when I have plenty of time | When I put off tasks I actually increase the probability that I will not complete them. |
| I have something important to do, but I am too depressed to do it now | For now I will just look into it, maybe start working on parts of it, without being obligated. Hopefully, my motivation will increase and I'll feel more ready to complete the task. |
| I am hopeless; there is no future | This feeling will pass; I have been here before |
| The night can be dark and lonely | But the morning is full of light and promise |
| Someone else would accomplish this task better than I can. | The task belongs to me and it is better that I do it than that I leave it undone. |
| I'll never improve | With hard work, possibilities become probabilities. I'll probably improve with hard work. |
| To Life and all it's events: | "For we are always what our situations hand us
It's either sadness or euphoria"
|
| Granddaughter telling a lie | Granddaughter being loving |
| I fail all the time. | The most successful people have the most failures because they try the most things. |
| I always feel sad | I always feel sad SO FAR. I cannot read the future, this feeling may very well go away. |
| Everyone believes the things he says about me; everyone will think I'm crazy | I have friends who like and respect me for who I am. I am a talented, interesting person, and the people who can't see this or won't see this don't matter |
| everyone would be better off not knowing me | the people who know me disagree. there are people who really care about me and are happy that I came into their lives. |
| I CAN'T STOP LYING TO MYSELF. | I CAN CHOOSE TO TELL THE TRUTH OR
I CAN CHOOSE TO LIE. |
| I AM UNKIND TO MYSELF. | I CAN BEGIN TO LOVE MYSELF
UNCONDITIONALLY. |
| I am a liar. I lie to myself. I
am a negative thinker. | I can turn each negative/
irrational thought I have into a
postive/rational, thought, one
thought at a time. |
| I'm going to blush as usual and everyone will think I'm stupid, silly, weak, and pathetic. | Even if you blush, the nice people who are worth it should not think you are stupid, because they know how smart you are, and they love you. You can think hard about what is the conversation topic. |
| I am all alone. | God is always with you. Go the the Anxiety Community and I will find supportive friends, friends I may have for a lifetime! |
| I can't get a job because I am too fat. | Other people don't see me as a fat person---I only seem fat to myself. |
| I can't carry a conversation, it dies. I look retarted and dumb, I'm not all there. | Just go with it, Don't think too much before, smile. You're a part too. |
| I have done it so many times earlier but why i am unable to do it nowadays | I have done it so many times so the power is with me and i will able to do it now |
