Who Are Human Service Providers - 1352 Words

#6. What can you do to challenge your self-defeating thinking? How effective are you generally in disputing your self-defeating? Self-defeating thinking can be explained by the Corey’s as, â€Å"Those of us who are human service providers often incorporate a wide range of dysfunctional beliefs that impair our capacity to function effectively when people seek our assistance. At times we may distort the processing of information, which can easily lead to faulty assumptions and misconceptions. As helpers, we can complicate our life by believing that we must be all-knowing and perfect. If we feel depressed or agitated about the job we are doing, it is essential that we examine our basic assumptions and beliefs to determine how they are influencing†¦show more content†¦To start believing in myself more, and telling myself that I can do anything if I put my mind into it. Having these negative thoughts can be a struggle to be happy and do things that you enjoy, which can sometimes result in depression. Other challenges that might be useful is to write down things about myself and try to say something positive about myself every morning in the mirror, such as â€Å" You are beautiful†, â€Å"You are enough†, â€Å"You are smart†, etc. Doing these kind of challenges I think would be beneficial for anyone that have negative thoughts about themselves, especially people that have self-esteem and body image issues. Other challenges would be to have inspirational quotes throughout the house or on your notebook or anywhere where I could read them to remind myself that I am important, as well as read books about how to conquer negative thoughts about myself. Hopefully, one day I will do these challenges and defeat these horrible self-defeating thoughts. B. How effective are you generally in disputing your self-defeating? I am actually not very effective in disputing my self-defeating because, I feel like I am always putting myself down for some reason. Either it being big or small, I always have a negative thought about myself. The Corey’s talk about in their book how to deal with negative thoughts. â€Å"Through a collaborative effort, individuals learn to discriminate between their