Cognitive Distortions
This cognitive distortion involves thinking in extremes, like "always" or "never."
What is all-or-nothing thinking?
This acronym stands for the most well-known 12-step fellowship.
What is AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)?
True or false: caffeine is not considered a drug.
What is false?
This common mental health condition involves persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest.
What is depression?
This is the most common source of caffeine in the United States.
What is coffee?
This distortion involves focusing only on the negatives in a situation and ignoring the positives.
What is mental filtering?
This is what the letters in HALT stand for.
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired?
Practicing this means doing kind things for yourself regularly, like taking breaks or enjoying hobbies.
What is self-care?
Anxiety disorders affect this system in the body, responsible for "fight or flight."
What is the nervous system?
This is the most commonly used substance in the United States.
What is caffeine?
When you assume you know what others are thinking—usually something negative—you're engaging in this distortion.
What is mind reading?
This acronym helps with goal setting in recovery: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound.
What is SMART?
According to AA tradition, the only requirement for membership is this.
What is a desire to stop drinking?
A professional that is licensed to prescribe psychiatric medications.
What is a psychiatrist?
This is the second most commonly used substance in the United States.
What is alcohol?
This distortion involves expecting the worst possible outcome, often without evidence.
What is catastrophizing?
This recovery fellowship supports individuals seeking healthy relationships and healing from codependency.
What is CoDA (Codependents Anonymous)?
True or false: AA has over 5 million members.
What is false? AA has an estimated 2 million members.
This word means the ability to bounce back from adversity of stress.
What is resilience?
This continent has the highest concentration of alcohol consumption.
What is Europe?
Saying things like "I should be able to handle this" is an example of this distortion.
What is "should" statements?
This acronym stands for a therapy developed by Marsha Linehan to help individuals with emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness.
What is DBT?
This is the state in which AA was invented.
What is Ohio?
This is the name of the book that holds all mental health diagnoses.
What is the DSM?
This is the third most commonly used substance in the United States.
What is nicotine?