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"I should have just said this instead of that..."
Should Statements
You assume you know what people are thinking without having evidence or proof of their thoughts.
You assign general negative traits to yourself and others.
Labeling
You attribute most of the blame to yourself for negative events and fail to see that certain situations are also caused by others.
Personalization
"I get rejected by everyone."
All or Nothing Thinking
"I already know she is going to say no, so I am not even going to ask."
Fortune Telling
"I always fail at these things."
Overgeneralization
You focus almost exclusively on the negatives and seldom notice the positives.
Negative Filter
You perceive the likelihood of a negative outcome based upon a single incident.
Overgeneralization
"It's all my parents' fault."
Blaming
“He thinks I’m ugly.”
Mind reading/jumping to conclusions
You ignore the good things that have happened or you have done and think that they "don't count" and only notice failures, rather than successes.
Discounting the Positives/Ignoring the Good
"If I go, people will make fun of me."
Fortune Telling
You evaluate yourself, others, and events in terms of "good" and "bad" or "right" and "wrong".
Judgement Focus
"I only did it once."
Minimizing
“If I make a bad grade then I will never get into a good college.”
Catastrophizing
"I'm the only one who can't do this right."
Personalization/Judging Yourself Unfairly
"I feel awkward, so others must think I am awkward too."
Emotional Reasoning
"What if I...and then...?"
What If
Holding yourself to an unreasonable standard and being unable to tolerate mistakes.
You let your feelings guide your interpretation of reality.
Emotional Reasoning
You believe what might happen will be so awful and unbearable.
Catastrophizing/Magnification
"Nothing I've tried has worked, what's the point?"
Accepting Helplessness
Unfair Comparisons
You reject evidence or arguments that might contradict your negative thoughts.
Inability to Disconfirm