Definitions 1
Believing that your thoughts can make something happen.
What is Magical Thinking?
Exaggerating the importance of events. Making things a bigger deal than they need to be.
What is Magnification?
"I should be better at this by now."
What is a Should Statement?
"I can't believe I got that one wrong, I'm so dumb."
What is Labeling?
2026 Grammy winner for Album of the Year and Superbowl halftime artist.
Who is Bad Bunny?
Diminishing or ignoring the good things while only focusing on the bad things.
What is Disqualifying the Positive?
Interpreting the meaning of something or creating an answer with little to no evidence.
What is Jumping to Conclusions?
"I didn't need to study. I'm wearing my lucky socks, I'll be fine."
What is Magical Thinking?
"I dropped my lunch. This is the worst day ever."
What is Magnification?
In Star Wars, the husband to Queen Padme Amidala, before he became a Sith Lord.
Who is Anakin Skywalker?
The belief that something should be entirely one way or entirely the other, with no in between.
What is All or Nothing Thinking
When you believe something is true just because you feel it is true. Emotions become proof.
Thinking "I'll never understand this. I'm just not good at math," after getting a question wrong in class.
What is an Overgeneralization?
"I feel anxious, I don't think I can do this."
What is Emotional Reasoning?
Charlie Brown's lovable beagle.
Who is Snoopy?
The belief that one bad experience means the same bad experience will always happen.
What is Overgeneralization?
Giving yourself or someone else a negative title after one bad experience.
What is Labeling
"My teacher didn't compliment my assignment, I must have done a bad job."
What is Jumping to Conclusions?
Thinking "They probably only needed more players, I'm not actually that good," after making the team.
What is Disqualifying the Positive?
This spreadable dessert was invented in Somerville, MA, in 1917, and pairs well with peanut butter on sandwiches.
What is Marshmallow Fluff?
The belief that you are personally responsible for something that is out of your control, or isn't about you.
What is Personalization
Believing that things should be a certain way. When your brain creates strict rules about how things should be.
What are Should Statements
"My mom looked mad when she came home from work. She was probably annoyed at me watching TV too loud."
What is Personalization?
"my friends should always invite me when they hang out, or else they're not really my friends."
What is All or Nothing Thinking?
America's favorite cookies invented in Whitman, MA, in 1938.
What are chocolate chip cookies?