Unhelpful Thinking Styles Definitions
This unhelpful thinking style is Sometimes called black and white thinking
What is all or nothing thinking?
This is seeing a pattern based upon a single event, or being overly broad in the conclusions we draw
what is overgeneralizing?
"Nothing good ever happens"
or "Everything in my life sucks"
What is overgeneralizing?
The hometown of Winnie the Pooh
The hundred acre forest
Mind reading (imagining we know what others are thinking) and fortune telling (predicting the future) are two key types of this thinking style
Jumping to conclusions
This style is defined by blowing things out of proportion
What is catastrophizing? Or magnification
"Either I do it right, or I don't do it at all"
Black and white thinking
When in groups, this jungle animal is referred to as an ambush. What kind of animal is this?
Tiger
Defined by discounting the good things that have happened or that you have done for some reason or another
What is disqualifying the positive?
Assigning labels to ourselves or other people
what is labelling?
"I'm a loser"
or
"They're such a dummy"
Labelling
location of the great barrier reef
Australia!
Blaming yourself or taking responsibility for something that wasn't completely your fault
OR blaming other people for something that was your fault
what is personalization?
Using critical words that can make us feel guilty, or like we have already failed
what is "shoulds" and "musts"?
“If I fail this test, I will never pass school, and I will be a total failure in life"
Catastrophizing
The number of planets in our solar system
Eight
Only paying attention to certain types of evidence
What is mental filter?
Assuming that because we feel a certain way, what we think must be true
What is emotional reasoning?
Marie’s friend called her to cancel their plans to hang out at the last minute due to a personal emergency. Marie started convincing herself that her friend was hiding something and that she somehow feels responsible for her friend cancelling. What unhelpful thinking style is she using?
Personalization
The most streamed artist on spotify?
Ed Sheeran