Depression · Cognitive
Cognitive Triad Worksheet
Self, world, future — depression's three lenses
Beck's cognitive triad names the three lenses depression looks through: self ("I'm broken"), world ("nothing works"), future ("nothing will change"). Naming the lens is the first crack.
My triad, this week
Self — what depression is telling me about me
World — what depression is telling me about other people, work, life
Future — what depression is telling me about what's coming
A less-distorted version of each
Depression thinks in absolutes
Total, permanent, personal. Notice all three whenever they show up together — that combination is depression speaking, not you.