thinking errors
When you down play the events significance or impact.
What is minimizing?
Means you're not listening to or trusting new information. You lack self-awareness and aren't open to any new way of looking at things or doing things
What is closed thinking?
When you view yourself as the one that's been harmed, and it doesn't matter what you have done to other people it's a common way to defend yourself when you are held accountable for your behavior.
What is victim stance?
Means acting on the spur the moment, without much thought of consideration. Most crimes are committed this way.
What is impulsive?
The emotions that arise at the time of an event?
What are Feelings?
When you think you know where things are headed and make a snap decision..
What is jumping to conclusions?
When you think that something "is not that bad"
What is minimizing?
Another way of trying to convince yourself and others that you are the victim that it's not your fault example I broke because I needed the money. Will everybody does it.
What is making excuses?
satisfying a desire or need immediately without planning or effort.
What is instant gratification?
The automatic notions or images you have at the time of an event?
What are thoughts?
Thinking distortion that says everything that happens around you is always about you.
What is personalizing?
Thinking distortion that means you pick and choose certain parts of an event or situation and think about only those.
What is selective focus?
When you adopt this thinking you consider yourself to be a good person no matter what..
What is Good person stance?
A sincere attempt to exert yourself mentally or physically to achieve a goal.
What is effort?
The basic assumptions we make about the world, others, and ourselves.
What are core beliefs?
A thinking distortion that says because something happened once or twice it must always be true.
What is overgeneralization?
When a person says "I caught a case."
What is minimizing?
Thoughts like "I am a loner I don't need anybody" or "I won't get caught because I'm too smart."
What is unique person stance?
This kind of thinking gives you a distorted idea about what are your rights and your property and what are the rights and property of others...
What is ownership stance?
The thing you do or say in response to an event..
What is behavior?
Everything is viewed as either one extreme or the other there is no middle ground. There is no shades of gray.
What is all or nothing thinking??
Thinking "everybody is out for themselves"
"everybody is out for themselves"
"The world should be fair"
What is overgeneralizing?
With this thinking pattern, there are four main aspects fear of vulnerability, lack of trust, criminal, pride, and zero state.
What is fear of exposure thinking?
This is a stanceAs an addict you think the world is out to get you and that you're just a victim of bad luck. You have a hard time taking responsibility for what happens to you. You see yourself as the victim.
Example "I grew up in a tough neighborhood. I had to fight for survival. Having a hit or two now and then is the least. I deserve for all I went through."
What is self-pity stance?
A situation that led to your negative thoughts
What is an event?