Warped thoughts
from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Missing something
Mental filter
All or nothing
Disqualifying the positive
No evidence
Wrong description
Emotional reasoning
Should statements
Labelling and mislabelling
Personalization
Is it really all or none?
Just because there is one problem does it mean that everything had been ruined?
Are there any positive outcomes?
What is the evidence that everything is wrecked?
Overgeneralization
Is this part that you are focussing on the real full picture? Have you misinterpreted the big picture?
One error does not mean multiple errors.
Can you learn to improve so that it won't happen again?
Does it really mean you have these characteristics all the time?
What is the evidence that the positive comment can be dismissed so readily?
Jumping to conclusions
Have I any evidence from which to derive this conclusion?
Do I know what that person is thinking?
Do I have any real evidence of what will happen in the future
Magnification
Just because I feel sad/anxious/upset/miserable doesn't mean I am in reality a miserable, emotionally inadequate person.
Do I really need to feel so miserable about this event? Is it really worthy of my feelings of misery?
Why should it be like that? It might be easier if it was that way, but it doesn't mean that it should/must/ought to be like that.
Is that a truly accurate name for that event, that person, for me?
Am I really responsible for that?
Minimization
Have I not appreciated my achievements?
Is the problem so big?