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Schema Flashcard

Written calm, read mid-trigger

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Young's flashcard, written when you are calm and read when you are not. Keep it short enough to actually read mid-trigger — one card per schema.

Flashcard
Right now I feel…
…because the situation reminds me of…
This is my ____ schema talking, which I learned when…
The evidence that the schema is not the whole truth is…
What I usually do here, and what it costs me…
So instead, even though I will not feel like it, I will…
Belief in the schema before reading the card
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Belief in the schema after reading it
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Where I will keep this card so I actually find it

References & further reading

Conceptual background and further reading, not validation of this handout. Named instruments and methods belong to their original authors; custom prompts and trackers are not validated versions of those instruments.

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