It’s important to understand that your thought patterns have formed over your lifetime and, like other habits, take a while to change. For example, it can take a while to get used to a new cell phone, but through repetition and mistakes, you adapt to the new layout.
Focus on noticing and changing one unhelpful thought pattern at a time. Every time you notice one of these patterns in your thoughts, stop and remind yourself to reframe your thinking. You can come back to the Reframing Thoughts tool to help you with this. Eventually, the new way of thinking will take over, just like adapting to a new cell phone.