Health Anxiety Thought Record

Situation Trigger for Emotion/s Unhelpful Thoughts or Response to Thought Outcome Anxiety about Note type of Images What did you do? Describe emotion (one What was happening? Health emotion (sad, Write most unhelpful or What would be a rational & more word) Who with? Physical symptom? anxious, angry etc) distressing thought or image balanced perspective? Re-rate intensity of Where? Thought? Is there another way of looking at emotion 0-100% When? Hearing about Rate intensity of How much do you believe this? What were you doing? illness? emotion (0-100%) that thought? 0-100% How much do you believe this What was helpful? different perspective? 0-100%

Is this fact or opinion? What would someone else make of What did that mean about this? What advice would I give a What are the your health? friend? Is my reaction in proportion? consequences of acting this What’s the worst thing Is the problem that I’m seriously ill - way? What will help most? about that – the worst thing or is it my belief that I’m seriously ill What would be the best that could happen? that is causing physical symptoms of thing to do for me, and for anxiety? this situation? . www.getselfhelp.co.uk © Carol Vivyan 2009, Adapted from Wells 1997 www.get.gg