Let's Review - Thinking Errors

Name the Thinking Error

100

Believing that I know how people or things should be 

"Should" Statements

200

Assuming that if you feel something, it must be true.

Feelings as Facts

300

Thinking you know what will happen in the future, and that it will be bad. 

Fortune Telling

400

You run 4 laps, get tired and can't finish the last lap before time is up, and all you can focus on is the lap you didn't finish. 

Ignoring the Good

500

Ann is sad today. I probably did something to upset her.

Self-blaming

Let's Move

100

5 Jumping Jacks

5 Jumping Jacks

200

5 Push Ups

5 Push Ups

300

7 Cherry Pickers

7 Cherry Pickers

400

10 Sit-ups

10 Sit-ups

500

10 Burpees

10 Burpees

Name the Distortion

100

Ana hates me. 

Mind Reading

200

When we get home, my brother should let me choose the TV channel. 

"Should" Statements

300

I'm so dumb, I forgot to charge my phone last night!

Negative Labeling

400

If I can't play all night with my friends, I'm not logging in at all. 

All or Nothing

500

I answered the question wrong. I do everything wrong. 

Blowing Things Up

Examples

100

Blaming

Blaming

200

Minimizing

Minimizing

300

Personalizing

Personalizing

400

Assuming

Assuming

500

Catastrophizing

Catastrophizing

Show Us

100

Something Blue

Something Blue

200

Something that fits in the palm of your hand.

Something that fits in the palm of your hand.

300

Something that makes you feel calm.

Something that makes you feel calm.

400

The softest thing near you.

The softest thing near you.

500

Something in your room (near you) you've never noticed.

Something in your room (near you) you've never noticed.