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This technique was brought to therapy by a patient and shared with a group. I am not sure who developed it.

When your thoughts are wandering:

Deep breath, let it out..

Think of:

FIVE things you can see around you (like the chair you are in or the suns shadows on the floor)
FOUR things you can feel with your body (like your toes in your shoes or the feeling of the warm air as you exhale)
THREE things you can hear (like ...

“CBT Thought for the Day” is a new and ongoing series of simple things to do each day to help improve your mood, relationships and mind. I hope you will enjoy them.

Here’s today’s “Thought of the day”:

“Make a to do list that you can complete with confidence. Only add other things on if you finish the initial things you are sure of. Give yourself credit for finishing each item on the list. Do this every day, it will help make ...

“CBT Thought for the Day” is a new and ongoing series of simple things to do each day to help improve your mood, relationships and mind. I hope you will enjoy them.

Here’s today’s “Thought of the day”:

“When you don’t follow through with something you promise yourself you want to do, you lose faith in yourself. So try picking something you want to do and following through to reverse that lack of confidence.”

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