How does challenging thinking work?
November 8, 2022. The cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) method of thought challenging is straightforward and effective for lowering anxiety. Unhelpful thought patterns brought on by anxiety can cause us to become fixated on dangers, ambiguity, and negativity. A: Negative thinking makes you feel down about the world, about yourself, and about the future. It aggravates low self-esteem. You begin to believe that you are ineffective in the world. Negative thinking is associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic worry, anxiety, and depression, according to psychologists.The practice of reframing your negative self-talk in order to change your mindset is known as challenging negative thoughts. But resisting negative thoughts requires a little more work than simply trying to think positively. To begin with, weighing your effort against the result is beneficial.An individual with a challenge mindset responds positively to stressors and adversity they face; this mindset does not involve manipulating the events themselves but rather the individual’s interpretation of the events1. Meanings of the words difficult and challenge (the situation one is in) refer to things that require a lot of effort on one’s part, either mentally or physically, in order to be completed successfully.Instead of just accepting your thoughts as the facts or the truth, though some thoughts really do feel like they are facts! In a nutshell, thought challenging is a mental detangling technique.