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CBT Thought Diary PDF

 

“Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom.

But the personality formed in the environment of coercive control is not well adapted to adult life. The survivor is left with fundamental problems in basic trust, autonomy, and initiative. She approaches the task of early adulthood――establishing independence and intimacy――burdened by major impairments in self-care, in cognition and in memory, in identity, and in the capacity to form stable relationships.

She is still a prisoner of her childhood; attempting to create a new life, she reencounters the trauma.”

Judith Lewis Herman

 

This CBT Thought Diary PDF was created to help a person identify their impairements so they can learn to live a life free from psychological shackles. 

 

The beginning of wisdom is the ability to call things by their proper names.

Confucius

This quote hit me so hard. I read it in a book about families with alcoholism, just after I came across my dysfunctional role in the book.

I was stunned and really sad. What I thought were my ‘personality traits’ were more like adaptations that I used in order to survive… & a lot of them were destroying me.

 Needless to say I went and got my first (& only) tattoo.

“The Placater”

 

But, identifying the problem was just the beginning. Since then I have had years of CBT therapy, group therapy & read quite a few books about dysfunctional thought patterns. It’s all been worth it. 

 

“Abuse is never contained to a present moment, it lingers across a person’s lifetime and has pervasive long-term ramifications.”

Lorraine Nilon

Replacing negative thought patterns can improve symptoms for many mental health disorders in the DSM 5.

• Bulimia
• Anorexia
• Binge Eating
• Addiction
• Depression
• Anxiety Disorders
• Phobias
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Post traumatic stress disorder
• Social anxiety
• Relationship troubles
• Marital problems
• Grief
• Assertiveness
• Sexual disorders
• Sleep disorders
• Quitting smoking
• Low self-esteem
• Paranoid Personality Disorder
• Schizoid Personality Disorder
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Histrionic Personality Disorder
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Dependent Personality Disorder
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

 

This 12 page CBT thought diary PDF includes

 

 

“Emotional abuse can leave a victim feeling like a shell of a person, separated from the true essence of who they naturally are. It also leads to a victim feeling tormented and tortured by their own emotions.”

Lorraine Nilon

 

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