I had to capture a thought and so I started a new Observation today. It was one of those kind of obvious thoughts, but for some reason struck a chord and I wanted to capture it. What happened was I thought to myself "I feel like something bad is going to happen." Which is a typical Monday morning feeling for me. Then I realized that I didn't really capture what was going on in my head. A more complete description would have been "I feel anxious, because I think something bad is going to happen." This change helped me clarify the feeling as well as the thought. This just seems like a better way to capture the actual feeling and drive the point that the thought is the catalyst for the feeling. I was working on this entry this evening, and noticed that I started a similarly themed Auto Thoughts entry. I think I'll work this on both tools and see how each develops. Quite often I find that one tool is better at capturing and countering a thought than another, but I may have to develop the thought in each tool before the best choice becomes obvious.
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