We have been covering this for the last several weeks in an online wellness program of therapy I am participating in. I am finding a great struggle whit it.

I am stuck on this. It is a barrier. The idea is that when you have them (for instance, no one appreciates me or I am a failure and I am going to have a bad day at work) you are supposed to ask yourself the veracity of the statement. Is this thought helpful to me, etc?

I find this impossible to do. The last thing that is going to go through my mind when I am facing a trigger to my anxiety is to go through a mental checklist to defeat the Unhelpful Thought. When the moment comes I am so deep in my worry that challenging the thought couldn't be further away in my head.

I am wondering if anyone actually has made a success of this.