Types 1
Types 2
Examples 1
Types 3
Potpourri
100
This is when we see things in black and white categories. There is no grey area.
What is All-or-Nothing Thinking
100

You feel like being wrong just can't be right.

Always Being Right
100
She broke up with me last night. Now I'll never meet anyone.
What is All-or-Nothing Thinking OR What is Overgeneralization
100

The assumptions that emotions reflect the way things really are. If you feel something, you assume it is true

Emotional Reasoning

100
Fortune Telling and Mind Reading are types of what cognitive distortion?
What is Jumping to Conclusions
200
This is when we see a single negative event as a part of a never-ending streak of failure. We use words like "always," "never," "everybody".
What is Overgeneralization
200
This is when we anticipate that things will turn out badly and act as if they already turned out that way.
What is Fortune Telling
200
She did not say anything about my new haircut. She must think it is ugly!
What is Mind Reading
200

Refusing to take accountability for your choices often projecting the responsibility on to someone else

Blaming/Denying

200

A thinking process which is based on reason and logic

Rational Thinking

300
This happens when we blow a negative event out of proportion.
What is Magnification or Catastrophizing
300
This is when we see ourselves as the cause of negative events that we are not responsible for.
What is Personalization
300
She is moving to a new apartment because she does not like having me as a neighbor.
What is personalization
300

Having a different standard for others versus yourself

Double Standard

300

What does the letter P stand for in COMPASS?

Practice new skills

400
This is when we conclude that someone is acting negatively towards us without checking it out or seeking other evidence.
What is Mind Reading
400
This is when we look at our strengths and trivialize them.
What is Minimization
400

My significant other didn't text me right back, they must be cheating on me.

Jumping to Conclusions

400

Expecting life to be fair at every twist and turn, especially as it pertains to our views of the world

Fallacy of Fairness

400

A thinking process where the individual completely disregards reason and logic in favor of emotion

Irrational Thinking

500

The belief that actions will influence unrelated situations.

What is Magical Thinking

500

This is an extreme form of Magnification, your mind automatically goes to the worst possible outcomes.

Catastrophizing

500

I don't care what they say, I know I am right.

Always being right

500

Thinking others should change to suit your expectations.

Change Fallacy

500

What does the letter A stand for in COMPASS?

Accountable for decicions



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