CBT · Cognitive
Fact vs. Interpretation
Pull what happened apart from what it meant
The mind blends what happened with what it meant. This worksheet pulls them apart. Once the facts and the story are in separate columns, you can decide which one you're actually responding to.
The situation
Facts
What a security camera would have recorded. No adjectives, no motives.
Interpretations
What you made it mean — about them, about you, about the future.
Three alternative interpretations
Same facts, different stories. Stretch — even ones you don't believe.
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If the most generous one were true…
How would you feel? What would you do next?