Form: Thought Control Questionnaire, TCQ

When I experience an unpleasant / unwanted thought...

I call to mind positive images instead.

I tell myself not to be so stupid.

I focus on the thought.

I replace the thought with a more trivial bad thought.

I don't talk about the thought to anyone.

I punish myself for thinking the thought.

I dwell on other worries.

I keep the thought to myself.

I occupy myself with work instead.

I challenge the thought's validity.

I get angry at myself for having the thought.

I avoid discussing the thought.

I shout at myself for having the thought.

I analyse the thought rationally.

I slap or pinch myself to stop the thought.

I think pleasant thoughts instead.

I find out how my friends deal with these thoughts.

I worry about more minor things instead.

I do something that I enjoy.

I try to reinterpret the thought.

I think about something else.

I think more about the more minor problems I have.

I try a different way of thinking about it.

I think about past worries instead.

I ask my friends if they have similar thoughts.

I focus on different negative thoughts.

I question the reasons for having the thought.

I tell myself that something bad will happen if I think the thought.

I talk to a friend about the thought.

I keep myself busy.