Thinking about Thinking
Black or white thinking
What is All-or-Nothing Thinking?
The worst possible outcomes
What is Catastrophizing?
Believing you are responsible for events outside your control
What is Personalization?
Minimizing the importance of events
What is Minimization?
Assuming emotions reflect the way things really are
What is Emotional Reasoning?
Making broad interpretations
What is Overgeneralization?
Exaggerating the importance of events
What is Magnification?
Applying interpretations about one event to all future similar events
What is Overgeneralization?
What is Catastrophizing?
Focusing only on the negative
What is Disqualifying the Positive?
Belief that actions cause unrelated events
What is Magical Thinking?
Blaming yourself or someone else entirely for a situation
What is Personalization?
Thinking in absolutes "always", "never", "every"
What is All-or-Nothing thinking?
Believing that events are connected despite any plausible cause
What is Magical Thinking?
Belief things should be a certain way
What is 'Should' Statements?
Interpreting a situation with no facts
What is Jumping to Conclusions?
Rejecting positive experiences
What is Disqualifying the Positive?
Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others
What is Mind Reading?
Unhelpful conclusions/assumptions not supported by evidence
What is Jumping to Conclusions?
Exaggerating the importance of problems and shortcomings
What is Magnification?
Putting unreasonable demands and pressure on yourself
What is a Should Statement?
An emotional reaction proves something is true
What is Emotional Reasoning?
The importance of an event is lessened
What is Minimization?
Predicting things will turn out badly
What is Fortune Telling?
Assuming what someone else is thinking
What is Mind Reading?