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A thought is something your mind says. A feeling is an emotion — often one word like 'anxious', 'sad', 'ashamed'. A behaviour is what you do — checking your phone, cancelling plans, going quiet.
Most of us blur them together. 'I feel like a failure' is actually a thought ('I'm a failure') plus a feeling (probably shame). Untangling them makes the situation workable.
Practise naming each one in isolation. It sounds small, but it's the foundation for every other CBT skill.