Thinking Errors
"I should be way further in life, like everyone else my age" is an example of what thinking error.
"Should" Statements
Not taking responsibility for something that was your fault that you do have control over is what cognitive distortion
Blaming Others
Makes up the cognitive triangle.
Feeling, Thinking, Doing
____ ______ is a technique used to stabilize heart rate and lightheadedness by pacing yourself.
Deep Breathing
Taking a single negative event, and assigning it to all current or future situations.
Overgeneralization
"My wife only married me because she settled" is an example of what thinking error.
Disqualifying the Positive
Alias for a thinking error.
Cognitive Distortion
Cold water stimuli is used to active the body's natural startle reaction to stabilize when anxious. This can be done by holding what in your hand?
Ice cube
Believing that because you feel something, it must be true.
Emotional Reasoning
Believing that the worst possible outcome will happen, and thinking it's the only outcome.
Catastrophizing
Irrational, automatic patterns of thought that distort reality, causing negative emotions and maladaptive behaviors.
Thinking Errors/Cognitive Distortions
________ _______ ________ is the act of tensing and releasing your muscles in a controlled manner.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Blaming yourself unnecessarily for external negative events, even when you may only be partly responsible or not responsible at all.
Personalization
Exaggerating a mistake or a negative quality in yourself.
Magnification
The act of finding the positive things about oneself
Positive Self-Talk
The technique used to calm someone by placing their minds in the perfect space for them.
Imagery
"I burnt the bread, I'm never going to learn to cook" is an example of what thinking error.
Black and White Thinking
Making predictions about what is going to happen in the future.
Fortune Telling
Changing points of view after considering all possible outcomes.
Mental Reframing
Only using your bedroom for sleep and intimacy is a part of which coping mechanism for difficult sleeping?
Sleep Hygiene