Daily Mood Log
Step One: Describe the upsetting event: __________________________________
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Step Two: Record your negative feelings – and rate each one from 0 (least) to 100
(most). Use words like sad, anxious, angry, guilty, lonely, hopeless, frustrated, etc.
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Step Three: The triple-column technique
Automatic Thoughts
Distortions
Rational Response
Write your negative
Identify the distortions in
Substitute more realistic
thoughts and estimate your
each Automatic Thought.
thoughts and estimate your
belief in each one (0-100)
belief in each one (0-100)