Cognitive Distortions
Jumping to conclusions by predicting that things will turn out badly. ( you are going through pain and tell yourself, "I'll never get better")
What is Fortune Telling
You continue to add new foods to your diet without any unwanted pain or side affects!
What is Joy
You dwell on a single neagtive comment from your teacher and ignore all the other positive comments.
What is Mental Filter
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What is Indian Food
Focusing on how things should be based on expectation.
What are "Should" Statements
Focusing on the negative aspects of the situation while disqualifying the positives.
What is Mental Filter
Your friend continues to not answer your calls or respond to your text messages after a disagreement.
What is Fear
You see a stranger with an unpleasant facial expression and assume they are negatively thinking about you.
What is Mind Reading
A painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution.
What is Watercolor
You assume you are a bad friend when you say no to hanging out. (you beat yourself up because you SHOULD not have made so many mistakes during a presentation.
What is Personalization or Blame
Holding yourself personally responsible (or blame others) for something that is not entirely under your (or there) control.
What is Personalization or Blame
Your significant other does something for you unexpectedly.
What is Surprise
Only thinking in extremes (i.e. if you answered one question wrong in an interview, you view the entire interview as a disaster)
What is All or Nothing thinking
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What are Funko Pops!
Imagining an unfavourable outcome to a situation and believing this outcome will most likley to occur. (you get a "we need to talk" text message and right away start to imagine the worst possible news)
Maginifaction or Catastrophizing
Drawing a faulty conclusion about something based on one example.
What is Overgeneralization
You see a member of your team you do not like and roll your eyes at them while mocking them with sarcasm.
What is Contempt
Acknowleding the positive, but rejecting it instead of accepting it.
What is Disqualifying the Positive
A toy shaped, that is usually yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic
What is a Rubber Duck
Assuming that your negative emotions reflect the truth (you're feeling angry so this proves you must have been treated unfairly).
What is Emotional Reasoning
Jumping to conclusions by assuming we know what others are thinking
What is Mind Reading
Your best friend starts throwing things and swearing at you for not being able to hang out Saturday.
What is Anger
You get a C in one class and label yourself stupid or a failure.
What is Overgeneralization
A utilitarian garment that originated in the 1930s for workers in cold New York warehouses and thus have been around for over 80 years.
What is a Hoodie
You land a competitve art job but you attribute it to luck, rather than your art skills or competance.
What is Disqualifying the Positive