Come up with an example of positive self-talk that could be used to answer each question.
●Example: “What can you say if you are about to give a presentation in class and you are nervous?” A potential answer is, “You’ve got this; get up there and rock this presentation!”
20 Self Talk Questions:
1) What can you say to yourself when you wake up late for school?
2) What can you say to yourself when you realize you forgot your math homework?
3) What can you say to yourself when you get on the bus and your best friend isn’t there?
4) What can you say to yourself when you notice a new pimple while you are getting ready for school?
5) What can you say to yourself when you are about to give a presentation and you are really nervous?
6) What can you say to yourself when you trip in front of the entire class?
7) What can you say to yourself when you are the last one picked in P.E.?
8) What can you say to yourself when you get a paper back and it has a lower grade than you expected?
9) What can you say to yourself when you are working with a partner that isn’t carrying their weight on the project?
10) What can you say to yourself when you notice you are wearing the same shirt as someone else?
11) What can you say to yourself when you realize you have no friends at lunch today?
12) What can you say to yourself when you run out of time on a test and you didn’t finish all the problems?
13) What can you say to yourself when you give an answer to the teacher in front of the class and it is wrong?
14) What can you say to yourself when you try to talk to someone and they ignore you?
15) What can you say to yourself when someone teases you about your new haircut?
16) What can you say to yourself when you are feeling lonely or left out?
