Answeres to Quiz-9
1. False - the way you think affects how you feel and how you act. With a little effort, you can train yourself to change the way you think making yourself much happier and less anxious.
2. True – ‘faulty’ thoughts can make you feel anxious, depressed, guilty and generally negative. Recognising these faulty thoughts is the first step in putting them right.
3. True – ‘all or nothing thinking’ is when you think in extremes. This type of thinking can make things seem much worse than they really are.
4. True – ‘catastrophizing’ is when you turn everything into a catastrophe. You always expect the worst-case scenario. This is common in people with PTSD.
5. true - people often blame themselves for the traumatic event or their actions at the time of the trauma. This leads to feelings of guilt. Many people with PTSD think that they are either responsible for what happened in some way, that they could have prevented it, or that others would blame them if they knew “the whole story”.
