Distress vs Happiness Worksheet
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HappierTherapy
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The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind the distress vs happiness worksheet?
Acceptance and commitment therapy suggests that when we identify, acknowledge, and accept negative thoughts, emotions, and feelings we can easily reduce the frequency of the negative thoughts and behaviors that these thoughts lead to. The distress vs happiness worksheet aims to identify what you feel, think, and how you behave when you are happy and when you are distressed.
How will this worksheet help you?
This worksheet can help you in accepting your negative thoughts and feelings in stressful situations and increase your awareness about how you behave due to your emotions and thoughts. It can increase your psychological flexibility and you are more willing to experience different feelings, physical sensations, and emotions in more flexible ways.
How to use this worksheet?
This worksheet is divided into two parts. The first part covers your feelings, physical symptoms, your thoughts, and behaviors when you are distressed. Whereas the other part covers your feelings, physical symptoms, your thoughts, and behaviors when you are happy. You just need to think of the situations when you are happy and distressed and fill them accordingly. Sharing it will your therapist can help in working on your negative and difficult thoughts, feelings, and emotions.