When you feel more confident about identifying your “As, Bs, and Cs” and thinking errors, you can move on to the second part.  This second part helps you to question your unhelpful thoughts in order to reduce their intensity, generate and rate the effects of alternative thoughts and focus on acting differently. As you progress in your ability to overcome difficulties and develop you CBT self-help skills, you may still find the AFC form useful when you’re hit with a biggie.