Stress and the way you think

Stress can make changes to our thoughts.

Stress can make a person THINK either POSITIVE or NEGATIVE thoughts.

These cartoons show positive and negative thinking.

Event: Before a maths test

Event: Best friend moves schools

Worksheet – You and positive thoughts

What to do : Draw a cartoon to show you and positive thoughts. You'll need to choose a particular situation or event that caused you to have positive thoughts.

• What was the SITUATION?
• What did you DO?
• How did you FEEL?
• What were you THINKING?

Here are some ideas for different ways to record your story.

• write about it,
• draw one scene that tells it all,
• design a cartoon strip,
• make a collage of magazine cut outs

Download the worksheet: You and positive thoughts  (pdf)

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Worksheet – You and negative thoughts

What to do : Draw a cartoon to show you and positive thoughts. You'll need to choose a particular situation or event that caused you to have positive thoughts.

• What was the SITUATION?
• What did you DO?
• How did you FEEL
• What were you THINKING?

Here are some ideas for different ways to record your story.

• write about it,
• draw one scene that tells it all,
• design a cartoon strip,
• make a collage of magazine cut outs

Download the worksheet: You and negative thoughts  (pdf)

Requires the free Adobe Reader

Summing up: Looking at the way stress affects behaviour .