Cognitive Distortions
I can do no wrong.
All or nothing thinking.
Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others without adequate evidence.
What is mind reading
When your mind decreases the importance of your desirable qualities and positive experiences.
What is minimizing.
The cop only pulled me over because he knew it was me.
Personalization
It was only one drink.
Minimizing
Recognizing only the negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive.
selective focus.
The expectation that a situation will turn out badly without adequate evidence.
What is fortune telling
Exaggerating the importance of your struggles, problems, and shortcomings.
What is magnification
Everybody steals.
Overgeneralization.
It was only my 2nd DUI.
Minimizing
The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are.
What is emotional reasoning
Things never work out for me.
All or nothing thinking
The belief that one is responsible for events outside of their own control.
What is personalization
I know better, no one can tell me different.
closed thinking
I walked in the room and everyone stopped talking, they must have been talking about me.
Personalization
You see things in only two categories and think in absolute ways. If a situation falls short of perfect, you see it as a total failure.
What is all-or-nothing thinking (black-or-white)
Seeing a single or few negative events as a never ending pattern of defeat, or making broad and negative interpretations from the event(s).
What is overgeneralizing
Nobody cares about me
overgeneralization
I got caught using in the walmart bathroom on the east side of town, so I'll just goto the walmart on the west side.
Concrete thinking.
I felt upset by my dog getting hit by a car so I relapsed.
emotional reasoning.
Interpreting the meaning of a situation negatively with little to no evidence.
I got pulled over for running that stop sign, I just wont run that specific stop sign anymore.
Concrete thinking.
No one ever helps me out
overgeneralization
I was late to work yesterday, I might as well just not go in today at all.
magnification
I got angry, that's why I threw my phone and broke it.
Emotional reasoning.