You look at things in extremes, in an absolute all-or-nothing way.
What is Black & White Thinking?
100
This is when we apply simplistic and unfair definitions that are probably wrong or more likely incomplete on ourselves and others.
What is Labeling
100
She broke up with me last night. Now I'll never meet anyone.
What is Black and White thinking OR
What is Overgeneralization
100
"I will never be happy"
Examples:
"I may be unhappy now but that will pass."
"I have been happy before and I will be happy again."
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
If I tell my friends about my depression they won't be able to handle it.
What is Fortune Telling
200
I have to follow one career path or I will not be successful.
Examples:
"People with many different careers are successful."
"There a lot of careers that I will be happy with."
200
This is another term for Cognitive Distortions.
What is Thinking Traps, Faulty Thinking, or Stinky Thinking
300
You assume people are reacting negatively to you even when there is no evidence for this.
What is mind reading?
300
This is when we see ourselves as the cause of negative events that we are not responsible for.
What is Personalization
300
My friend cancelled our plans because she doesn't like me anymore.
What is personalization
300
He didn't say Hi to me this morning so he must be mad at me for something I did.
"There are many reasons why he did not say Hi to me. It's probably not personal."
"I will check in with him later and make sure everything is ok"
300
Types of statements make us feel pressured, guilty or resentful that we use to motivate ourselves to do things and create unrealistic expectations.
What are "Should" statements.
400
You disqualify your accomplishments or positive qualities insisting they "don't count."
What is discounting the positives?
400
This is when we look at our strengths and trivialize them.
What is Minimization
400
I know she complimented me on my new outfit but she was just being nice.
What is Discounting the Positives OR
What is Minimization
400
People don't care about me at all, they are only are only looking out for themselves.
"Sometimes people do nice things for me."
"People might be trying to help me and I don't realize it."
400
These are well-learned ways of thinking about situations that are instantaneous and reflect our underlying beliefs about the world.
What are automatic thoughts
500
You blame yourself (or others) for something for which you (or they) were not entirely responsible.
What is personalization?
500
This is an extreme example of turning positive events into negative ones.
What is Disqualifying the Positive
500
I am a failure and cannot do anything right.
What is Labeling.
500
Nothing is ever going to work out for me.
"I can't predict the future so I don't know how things will turn out for me."
"It's likely that somethings will work out for me and other things will not."
500
This type of therapy helps you reframe your cognitive distortions so that you can come up with a more balanced way of thinking.