Thought Record
Situation Emotions (SUDS) Body Sensation Thoughts
Handing a Anxious (9) Racing heart She is looking
monthly report for problems
to my Irritated (6) Tightness in and will
supervisor. She the chest criticize me (8)
reads it while
standing in my A memory of
office. my dad
criticizing how
I mowed the
lawn. His face
is red and he
looks really
upset with me.
(7)
She’ll be
unhappy with
my sales. (8)
I bet my
Stressful (9) colleague did
Teaching Anxious (8) Tightness in better this
completely Worried (9) brain month. (5)
new teaching Drained out Neverending
assignment for financially(6) thoughts I’ll get fired or
next school No enjoyment get a pay cut.
year. of vacations as (6)
Teaching to prepare for
kindergarten the next school
next year. year for Handling so
Never done completely little
this before. different dependent
Collected teaching kids. (8)
resources for assignment (8) Subjects will
Other primary be given which
grades for so I am not good
many years at, like music,
and spent so dance and
much money drama. (10)
and now again Working
spending collaboratively
money to with ECEs in
collect the the different
resources for classes. As I
Kindergarten am completely
too. new, may be
Already judged very
collected soon and
resources for underestimate
other primary d. (9)
grades, seem
to be wasted Playing politics
and useless behind my
but still have back. (8)
to store with
lots of space
somewhere in
the house.
( may not be
using in future
again, as it is
hard to get the
same teaching
grades in
future)
Different
curriculum,
lots of
preparations
before starting
of next school
year.
Emotions - SUD scale – 0 to 10 – (0-no distress 10- maximum distress)
Thoughts – Conviction level – 0 to 10
Hot Thought – the thought causing maximum distress.
