Cognitive Distortions 1
Recognizing only the negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive
What is Disqualifying the Positive?
Exaggerating the importance of events, like mistakes.
What is Magnification?
She broke up with me last night. Now I'll never meet anyone.
He did not say anything about my new outfit. He must think it's ugly!
What is Mind Reading?
I am full of holes and still hold water.
What is a sponge?
Thinking in absolutes.
What is All-or-Nothing Thinking?
Seeing only the worst possible outcome of a situation.
What is Catastrophizing?
I ate a piece of pie at the picnic. I am going to get diabetes.
What is Catastrophizing?
They are moving to a new apartment because they do not like me as their neighbor.
What is Personalization?
I am black and white and read all over.
What is a newspaper?
The belief that things should be a certain way.
What is "Should" statements?
Thinking that everything people do or say is some kind of reaction to you. Believing that you are responsible for events outside of your own control.
What is Personalization?
I am in treatment and I will never get better.
What is All-or-Nothing Thinking?
I feel like a bad kid for being in treatment; therefore, I am a bad kid.
What is Emotional Reasoning?
I have 88 keys but cannot open a single door.
What is a piano?
Without their saying so, you know what people are feeling and why they act the way they do. In particular, you are able to decide how people are feeling toward you.
What is Mind Reading?
Making a general conclusion based on a single incident or piece of evidence. If something bad happens once, you expect it to happen over and over again.
What is Over-Generalization?
Most people applauded my presentation, but I saw someone looking at their phone. I did a bad job.
What is Disqualifying the Positive?
Once I start medication, my anxiety will be cured.
What is Magical Thinking?
How far can a fox run into the woods?
Halfway-then he would be running out of the woods
Expecting a situation to turn out badly.
What is Fortune Telling?
The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are.
What is Emotional Reasoning?
I should be better by now.
What is "Should" Statements?
I have a job interview, but I cannot get the job, it's not possible.
What is Fortune Telling?
The letter "M"