I\u2019ve recently been seeing a therapist to help me deal with anxieties about my health that have been clouding around me since my heart attack. The therapist is a Cognitive Behaviourist, \u00a0and she has me working from a book called Mind Over Mood, from which she\u2019s asked me to fill out a section recounting the times when my mood took a turn for the worse. These are my most recent entries:<\/p>\n
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THE SITUATION<\/p>\n
I was really looking forward to having sushi for lunch. I walked all the way to Sushi on Bloor and then back home, and when I put MY LUNCH down on the coffee table and went ( FOR JUST ONE MINUTE) to get some water, the dog ate every last bit of sushi that there was.<\/p>\n
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YOUR MOODS (rate each mood 0-100%)<\/p>\n
Enraged 180%<\/p>\n
Depressed 90%<\/p>\n
Humiliated 60%<\/p>\n
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THOUGHTS (highlight the HOT thought)<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n I will regret killing the dog.<\/p>\n Rachelle will be inconsolable if I kill the dog.<\/p>\n HOT THOUGHT\u2014SHOULD I STILL KILL THE DOG?<\/p>\n Can you go to jail for killing a dog?<\/p>\n Will I have a heart attack if I attack the dog?<\/p>\n Why does the dog hate me?<\/p>\n What does it feel like to be an Alpha?<\/p>\n Why is the world against me?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE SITUATION<\/p>\n Rachelle and I were watching Game of Thrones and Ygritte, Jon Snow\u2019s love, died.<\/p>\n