Do you struggle with negative thought patterns? Faulty thinking that can get you caught in a downward spiral and often lead to hopelessness. Cognitive Behavior Therapy: - looks at what is true vs. what is imagined. - is the first step is to confronting the truthfulness of our thoughts and beliefs. - addresses the hopelessness of our faulty thinking. Automatic thoughts are the thoughts that we cannot seem to control. Negative Automatic Thoughts or "NATs" may be swirling around our mind. These automatic thoughts are rooted in our core beliefs. When someone you know doesn't greet you in the store as you pass them, if your Core Belief is " If people really knew me, they would think I was a weak, uninteresting person." Your Negative Automatic Thought may be, "She must not like me, she didn't even smile at me." The truth is she didn't notice you because she was in a hurry to pick up a few groceries before her children come home from s...