Common Beliefs About Miscommunication
Common Distorted Thinking
Common Automatic Thoughts
Common Feelings Linked with Miscommunications
Common Behaviors Linked with Miscommunications
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The belief that nobody cares about him or her, and that he or she can't make or keep friends or romantic relationships, and he or she is bothered by these thoughts.
A.Entitled
B. Dependent
C. Unlovable
C. Unlovable
100
You place false or unrealistic expectations on yourself or others, thereby setting yourself up to feel anger, guilty, or disappointed. (Example: "I ought to ___.)
A. Personalization
B. Should Statements
C. Emotional Reasoning
B. Should Statements
100
"I don't have a right to stand up for myself." This can be linked to which common distortion thinking:
A. Personalizing
B. Discounting the positive
C. Mind reading
D. Both A. and B.
D. Both A. and B.
100
Name this feeling(s) being displayed in the image:
Anger, frustration, sadness, hurt
100
Name this behavior(s) being displayed in the image:
Yelling, attacking
200
There are different versions of this belief that can show up in areas of our life that one is unsafe and in some way (rationally, medically, financially) targeted to being hurt.
A. Vulnerable
B. Entitled
C. Unlovable
A. Vulnerable
200
You see yourself as the cause of some external negative event for which, in fact, you were not primarily responsible. You make something about you that is not about you and get your feelings hurt.
A. Personalizing
B. Mind Reading
C. Discounting the positive
A. Personalizing
200
"If they don't give me what I ask for, I will take it." This thought is linked to which common distorted thinking:
A. Personlizing
B. Mind Reading
C. Should statements
D.None of the above
A. Personlizing
200
What feeling(s) is this women showing:
Sad, hurt, rejection, helplessness, fear
200
This quote is an example of being what?
A. Shutting down
B. Avoidance
C. Passive aggression
C. Passive aggression
300
The belief that they are special or in some way better than or more deserving than others. Often, this serves to cover up an underlying insecurity.
A. Entitled
B. Unlovable
C. Dependent
A. Entitled
300
You reject positive experiences by insisting that they "don't count" for some reason or another.
A. Personalizing
B. Discounting the positive
C. Fortune telling
B. Discounting the positive
300
"If I assert myself, he/she might leave." This thought is linked to which distorted thinking:
A. Should statements (self and others)
B. Mind reading
C. Rationalization
D. None of the above
A. Should statements (self and others)
300
Name this feeling(s):
Fear, scared, intimidation, helplessness, sadness,
300
The use of words or physical force on a person and/or property to make a point is an example of what behavior:
A. Shutting down
B. Attacking
C. Avoidance
D. Passive aggression
B. Attacking
400
The belief that some people believe they must turn control over their lives to others, while others make efforts not to be controlled or controlling.
A. Unlovable
B. Abandonment
C. Will experience subjugation
C. Will experience subjugation
400
Rather than predicting future events, engaging in this distortion involves predicting that you know what someone else is thinking when in reality you don't.
A. Should Statements
B. Personalizing
C. Mind reading
C. Mind reading
400
"It's OK to yell because she didn't do what I asked." This thought is linked to which distorted thinking:
A. Mind reading
B. Should statements
C. Rationalization
D. None of the above
C. Rationalization
400
Name this feeling(s) the women is displaying:
Rejection
400
To not engage in activities that have brought you joy, interest in the past, and not involving in social gatherings is an example of what behavior:
A. Avoidance
B. Yelling
C. Attacking
D. Put downs
A. Avoidance
500
The belief that one deserves this type of treatment, and it can be directed towards self and/or society.
A. Will experience punishment
B. Loveable
C. Trust
A. Will experience punishment
500
In an attempt to protect yourself from hurt feelings, you create excuses for events in life that don't go your way or for poor choices you make.
A. Rationalization
B. Should Statements
C. Mind Reading
A. Rationalization
500
"I always have to be right." This thought is linked to which distorted thinking:
A. Mind reading
B. Discounting the positive
C. Personalizing
D. None of the above
C. Personalizing
500
What is this gentleman doing in the image to the female:
Intimidation, harassing, threatening
500
Feeling withdrawn and not motivated to do anything or to be social is an example of what behavior:
A.Yelling
B. Attacking
C. Shutting down
D. Passive Aggression
C. Shutting down