Reacting to Hurt: A Decision Tool

Reacting to Hurt: A Decision Tool

May 07, 2022

I came up with this decision tool for reacting to hurt after a friend did something I perceived as hurtful and I reacted in a way I wish I hadn't. My reaction was heavily influenced by the cognitive distortions personalization and catastrophizing. I hope that by asking myself these questions the next time I'm feeling hurt, I'll be able to come up with a more effective wise mind response rather than an emotion mind knee-jerk reaction.

There's more about this in this blog post on Mental Health @ Home:

https://mentalhealthathome.org/2022/05/03/reacting-to-hurt-a-decision-tool/

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