Fake news or thoughts
This distortion would say “I’m either a complete success or a total failure.”
What is black-and-white thinking?
This cognitive-behavioral worksheet helps patients identify the situation, automatic thought, emotion, and alternative response.
What is a thought record?
This U.S. Women’s National Team legend scored a hat trick in the 2015 World Cup Final against Japan.
Who is Carli Lloyd?
This Italian leader is widely considered the founder of fascism and took power in 1922 through the “March on Rome.”
Who is Benito Mussolini?
This 1794 uprising prompted President George Washington to personally lead a federalized militia force—the only time a sitting U.S. president has done so.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This almond-shaped structure is central to fear and emotion, and often overactive in anxiety disorders.
What is the amygdala?
When someone assumes they know what others are thinking—especially assuming negative judgments—they’re engaging in this distortion.
What is mind reading?
This type of breathing technique, often taught early in IOPs, activates the parasympathetic nervous system to promote calm.
What is diaphragmatic breathing or HRV biofeedback?
In 1930, the U.S. Men's National Team reached this stage in the inaugural FIFA World Cup.
What is the semifinals?
This German law, passed after the Reichstag fire in 1933, gave Hitler dictatorial powers by suspending civil liberties.
What is the Enabling Act?
This U.S. Army general was relieved of command by President Truman during the Korean War for insubordination and advocating for expansion of the war into China.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
Known for regulating executive function, this brain region often shows reduced activity in depression and ADHD.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This distortion involves blowing things out of proportion or shrinking their importance inappropriately.
What is magnification or minimization?
This DBT skill teaches individuals to tolerate distress without making the situation worse, often using acronyms like ACCEPTS.
What is distress tolerance?
This iconic moment occurred when Brandi Chastain scored the winning penalty in the 1999 Women’s World Cup Final and celebrated by removing her jersey.
What is the U.S. winning the 1999 Women's World Cup?
Fascists often used this type of group to violently intimidate political opponents and control the streets—Mussolini called his version the “Blackshirts.”
What are paramilitary squads?
Created in 1918, this all-African American infantry regiment served with distinction in World War I under French command and was nicknamed the “Hellfighters.”
What is the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment)?
This seahorse-shaped structure is key to memory and is often smaller in people with PTSD.
What is the hippocampus?
When you interpret a single negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat, you're making this type of sweeping generalization.
What is overgeneralization?
This mindfulness practice involves observing thoughts and feelings without judgment, often using metaphors like "leaves on a stream."
What is cognitive defusion?
This American forward became the all-time top scorer in U.S. Men’s National Team history.
Who is Landon Donovan?
Fascist movements commonly exploit these two emotional appeals to unite supporters against a common enemy.
What are fear and nationalism?
This 1941 Army field exercise, involving over 400,000 troops in Louisiana, helped prepare U.S. forces for large-scale combat in World War II.
What are the Louisiana Maneuvers?
This brainstem region helps regulate sleep and alertness, and is targeted by many psychiatric medications.
What is the reticular activating system?
Believing that things should be a certain way—especially about yourself or others—falls under this distortion.
What is “should” statements?
This interpersonal skill from DBT helps clients ask for what they want while maintaining self-respect and relationships, often taught with the acronym DEAR MAN.
What is assertiveness training?
The U.S. Women’s National Team has won this many FIFA Women’s World Cup titles as of 2023.
What is four?
Both Mussolini and Hitler manipulated this democratic weakness to legally gain power before dismantling the system from within.
What is the use of coalition governments or political instability?
This secret WWII U.S. Army unit used inflatable tanks, sound effects, and deception to mislead German forces and was only declassified in 1996.
What is the Ghost Army (23rd Headquarters Special Troops)?
This part of the brain processes reward and motivation, and its dysregulation is implicated in addiction and bipolar disorder.
What is the nucleus accumbens?
When someone attributes external events entirely to themselves without evidence, like assuming they're the cause of someone else's mood, they’re using this distortion.
What is personalization?
This advanced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) tool involves identifying a patient’s deepest life values and aligning behavior with them, often explored through guided imagery or the “eulogy exercise.”
What is values clarification?
In a stunning upset at the 1950 World Cup, the U.S. Men’s team defeated this powerhouse nation 1–0, a match now dubbed “The Miracle on Grass.”
What is England?
In Spain, this fascist-aligned general launched a civil war in 1936 and ruled as dictator until his death in 1975.
Who is Francisco Franco?
Before West Point was established in 1802, this short-lived military academy in Pennsylvania served as the first formal training ground for U.S. Army officers during the Revolutionary War.
What is the Continental Army Military Academy at Pluckemin?
Often called the "emotional brain," this system includes the amygdala, hippocampus, and other structures central to emotional regulation and trauma response.
What is the limbic system?