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Fact Checking Thoughts Worksheet

The Fact Checking Thoughts worksheet helps clients distinguish between thoughts that are facts and those that are opinions. It contains 15 statements for the client to classify. While some thoughts may be factual, others are opinions that are not necessarily true. Completing this exercise can help clients recognize that emotionally charged thoughts are not always absolute truths and see the difference between facts and opinions. This allows clients to start challenging dysfunctional beliefs about themselves and others. The worksheet provides a tool for clients to practice distinguishing facts from opinions in their own thoughts.

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Fact Checking Thoughts Worksheet

The Fact Checking Thoughts worksheet helps clients distinguish between thoughts that are facts and those that are opinions. It contains 15 statements for the client to classify. While some thoughts may be factual, others are opinions that are not necessarily true. Completing this exercise can help clients recognize that emotionally charged thoughts are not always absolute truths and see the difference between facts and opinions. This allows clients to start challenging dysfunctional beliefs about themselves and others. The worksheet provides a tool for clients to practice distinguishing facts from opinions in their own thoughts.

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Fact Checking Thoughts Worksheet

The Fact Checking Thoughts worksheet helps clients to recognise that their thoughts are not necessarily
true. The key take-home message from this worksheet is:

Thoughts are not facts.

It can be difficult to accept the idea that thoughts are not facts at first, especially when we are in the
throes of an emotion. However, completing this worksheet will help you come to this realisation.

The worksheet contains 15 statements that the client must decide are either fact or opinion. These
statements include:

■ “I’m not good enough”


■ “I failed the test.”
■ “This will be a disaster.”
■ “I’m overweight.”

Note, there is a correct answer for each statement. (In case you’re wondering, the right answers for the
statements above are as follows: opinion, fact, opinion, fact).

This simple exercise can help clients see that while we have lots of emotionally charged thoughts, they are
not all absolute truths. Recognising the difference between fact and opinion can assist us in challenging
the dysfunctional or harmful opinions we have about ourselves and others.

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Fact Checking Thoughts Worksheet


Worksheet

We tend to believe each and every thought we have is true; however, thoughts are not facts. While some
thoughts we have may be factual (e.g. “I failed the test”), others may not (e.g., “I am dumb”).

These non-factual thoughts are opinions. This worksheet is designed to help you practice differentiating
between factual thoughts and opinions (i.e., thoughts that are not necessarily fact).

Statement Fact Opinion

I’m dumb

I’m unattractive

I failed the exam

I have no friends

Nobody likes me

I’m a selfish person

This will be a disaster

I will fail this test

I’m not good enough

I’m overweight

I am single

I will be single forever

My family is disappointed in me

I dislike my job

I’m not good at my job

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