Notice overlooked evidence

Record experiences that a broad negative belief might discount.

How to use it

Work with a manageable everyday situation. The sequence below is an invitation, not an assessment. You can skip by ending the exercise, correct your wording, or stop at any time.

1. What broad belief would you like to examine gently?
2. Recall one specific event that does not entirely fit it, however small.
3. What did you do and what happened, without exaggerating or dismissing it?
4. What modest conclusion does this support? How might you notice similar data?

With mira

Open this technique in mira. Review the selection before starting. This scripted exercise can run offline; it makes no AI requests. Your answers are saved on this device in the session's encrypted exercise state. They are not automatically inserted into ordinary AI chat.

Scope and source

An original self-reflection adaptation of CBT principles, not a complete treatment protocol or a clinically validated chatbot intervention. It cannot assess risk. Avoid overwhelming or traumatic material; stop if distressed and consider qualified support. Acceptance never means accepting abuse, danger, or an unwanted situation.

Judith S. Beck, Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond, 3rd edition (2020). Beck Institute resources.

Executable Pattern Markdown

The same version-1 source is bundled in mira. This view is for inspection; it does not execute automatically.

:language 1
:title "Notice overlooked evidence"
:output outcome
= focus "Record experiences that a broad negative belief might discount."
!use therapy.ready as readiness {
    :with focus
}
?branch {
    :when readiness.decision.value == "begin" -> explore
    :when readiness.decision.value == "support" -> support
    :else -> declined
}
explore:
!ask step1 {
    What broad belief would you like to examine gently?
}
!ask step2 {
    Recall one specific event that does not entirely fit it, however small.
}
!ask step3 {
    What did you do and what happened, without exaggerating or dismissing it?
}
!ask step4 {
    What modest conclusion does this support? How might you notice similar data?
}
!show {
    Your reflection, in your own words:

    1. {{step1}}
    2. {{step2}}
    3. {{step3}}
    4. {{step4}}

    You may leave this here. Nothing needs to feel resolved.
}
= outcome "reflected"
-> end
support:
!show {
    Stop the exercise. If anyone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services. Reach a trusted person or qualified crisis support if you can. This exercise cannot provide emergency care.
}
= outcome "support_requested"
-> end
declined:
!show {
    We can leave this here. You do not need to explain or finish.
}
= outcome "declined"
-> end