Examples of Claims (table)

Problem	Topic	Claim
Anxiety	Work	What if he wants to fire me?
Anxiety, Panic	Emotions, Control-freak, Criticism	I shouldn't be reacting like this, what's wrong with me? Why do I always get so anxious?
Anger	Relationships, Control-freak, Criticism	She's being too difficult, she needs to listen to me more.
Eating	Eating, Criticism	I'm so weak. Why do I keep eating emotionally? I hate myself.
OCD	Thoughts, Certainty	What if I had this thought as a premonition? I have to be sure everything is fine.
OCD	Thoughts, Criticism	Having such thoughts is wrong. I shouldn't be having such thoughts. I have an illness called OCD.
Trichotillomania	Certainty	Why do / did I pull my hair? Why can't I stop?
Trichotillomania	Control-freak	I have to stop pulling my hair.
Trichotillomania	Criticism	There's something wrong with me if I pull out my hair.
Trichotillomania	Criticism, Perfectionism	My hair pulling is bad. It's hurting my life/functioning.
Trichotillomania	Certainty, Control-freak	What if others find out about my hair pulling? / I can't let others see me like this.
Anxiety, Test Anxiety	Exams, Perfectionism, Control-freak	I have to do well on the exam, otherwise my future may be doomed.
Anxiety, Panic, Test Anxiety	Work, Emotions, Perfectionism, Control-freak	I'm too anxious, I have to calm down, If I don't do my best it's not good enough.
Anxiety	Work, Certainty, Perfectionism	What if the meeting goes bad? I can't mess up this meeting.
Sleep	Sleep	I have to sleep. Being tired is bad.
Anger	Work, Relationships, Control-freak	They have to respect me.
Anxiety	Work, Perfectionism, Control-freak	I have to get everything done on time.
Anxiety	Work, Perfectionism, Control-freak	I shouldn't make mistakes or receive criticism.
Eating	Eating, Criticism	I eat / ate too much.
Anxiety, Panic	Emotions, Control-freak	I was / My emotions were supposed to calm down.
Anxiety, Panic	Emotions, Certainty	Why do I feel this way?
Anger	Emotions, Criticism	It was wrong of me to get angry. / I shouldn't have gotten angry.
Anger	Work, Relationships, Control-freak, Criticism	She hurt my feelings.
OCD	Compulsion	I have to perform this compulsion.
Anxiety	Emotions, Perfectionism, Control-freak, Criticism	My emotions are affecting my work/ability to function, it's unacceptable.
Anxiety	Emotions, Perfectionism, Control-freak, Criticism	If that happens, it would be a catastrophe/horrible.
	Emotions, Perfectionism, Control-freak, Criticism	It's unacceptable that I was unable to sleep/work/concentrate/perform sexually/stop eating/cope with an uncomfortable situation.
Anxiety	Work, User Contribution	I have to go to work, I missed too much time already.
Anxiety	Work, Criticism, User Contribution	Why did I draw this map incorrectly?
Anxiety	Perfectionism, User Contribution	I must know more
Anxiety	Perfectionism, Work, User Contribution	I have to send the information about the contests by the end of the week, I am already late
Trichotillomania	Emotions, Certainty, Criticism	Why do I feel this pleasure from pulling my hair now? I feel I am not thinking about anything