WHAT DISTORTION 1
Minimizing the importance of events. You might believe your own achievements are unimportant.
Minimization!
+25 extra points if you have a personal example.
The belief that you are responsible for events outside of your control. “My mom is always upset. She would be fine if I did more to help her.”
Personalization!
+25 extra points if you have a personal example
Believing you have hurt someone or that you have failed to live up to your own moral standards. Often leads to cognitive distortions involving self-condemning language.
Guilt
“Cause baby you’re a firework, come on show ‘em what you’re worth…”
“Make ’em go ‘Oh, oh, oh,’ you’re gonna leave ’em falling down”?
This 90s boy band sang “I Want It That Way.”
Backstreet Boys
Interpreting the meaning of a situation with little or no evidence.
Jumping to conclusions
Exaggerating the importance of events. You might believe that your mistakes are excessively important.
Magnification!
+25 extra points if you have a personal example.
You feel that something is unfair or not going the way that it should be. Often leads to cognitive distortions involving generalization and all-or-nothing thinking.
Anger, irritation or annoyance
“Since U Been Gone, I can breathe for the first time…”
“I’m so movin’ on, yeah yeah”
In Stranger Things, what is the name of the alternate dimension the kids enter?
The Upside Down
Thinking in absolutes such as “always,” “never,” or “every.” “I never do a good enough job on anything.”
All-or-nothing thinking!
Seeing only the worst possible outcomes of a situation.
Catastrophizing!
+25 extra points if you have a personal example.
You believe that something bad is going to happen or has already happened. Often leads to cognitive distortions of mind reading or jumping to conclusions.
Anxiety, worry or nervousness
“I’m on the right track, baby…”
“I was born this way”
In The Office, what is the name of the paper company the characters work for?
Dunder Mifflin
The expectation that a situation will turn out badly without adequate evidence.
Fortune Telling!
+25 extra points if you have a personal example.
Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others without adequate evidence. “She wouldn’t go on a date with me. She probably thinks I’m weird.”
Mind reading!
+25 extra points if you have a personal example
Feeling like you are bound to feel unhappy and not getting enough love or attention from others. Often leads to cognitive distortions including disqualifying the positive or overgeneralizations.
Loneliness
“Just a small-town girl, livin’ in a lonely world…”
“She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere”
This band sang “I Gotta Feeling” and “Where Is the Love?”
The Black Eyed Peas
Explain what cognitive distortions are.
Irrational thoughts that shape how you see the world, how you feel, and how you act. It’s normal to have these thoughts occasionally, but they can be harmful when frequent or extreme.
Recognizing only the negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive. You might receive many compliments on an evaluation but focus on the single piece of negative feedback.
Disqualifying the positive!
+25 extra points if you have a personal example.
Feeling convinced that your problems will go on forever and are never able to improve. Often leads to cognitive distortions of overgeneralizations and jumping to conclusions.
Hopelessness
Started from the bottom…
“Now we’re here”
This TV show features six friends hanging out in a New York coffee shop called Central Perk.
Friends