Thinking Traps
CBT-Triangle
Thought, Feeling, Behavior
Pokemon Characters
Pokemon + unhelpful behaviors
100

You are falling into this trap when you assume you know exactly what someone else is thinking without any real evidence.

Mind Reading

100

I’m going to fail this presentation

Thought

100

often clutches its head and wanders away when things get too stressful

Psyduck


100

This Pokemon character engages in "avoidant behavior"

Psyduck

200

My friend hasn't texted me back in an hour; they definitely hate me and never want to speak to me again

Jumping to conclusions

200

I feel completely overwhelmed.

Feeling

200

blocks the path and sleeps through everything, refusing to engage with the world.

Snorlax

200

This Pokemon character usually takes on too many tasks and does too much for others 

Pikachu

300

I burned the toast this morning, so I just know this whole day is going to be a complete disaster

Catastrophizing

300

I’m practicing my deep breathing exercises.

Behavior

300

has a hair-trigger temper and lashes out physically the moment it feels a spark of anger.

Primeape 

300

Holding onto past hurts so tightly that it defines your current identity and prevents you from finding happiness.

Banette

400

This trap involves taking a single negative event and seeing it as a never-ending pattern of defeat, often using words like "always" or "never".

Overgeneralization

400

I decided to stay in bed and skip the party.

Behavior

400

The moment this character senses even a hint of a threat, it uses "Teleport" to vanish instantly.

Abra

400

wears a Pikachu costume because it believes that its true self is so terrifying or unappealing that no one would ever want to be its friend.

Mimikyu

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