Most Common Thought Distortions
- All-or-nothing or black-and-white thinking
- Overgeneralization—applying the results of one situation to all similar situations
- Mental filter—dwelling on one negative detail in an otherwise good experience
- Jumping to conclusions or catatrophizing—concluding the worst not necessarily substantiated by facts
- Emotional reasoning—using our emotional state as evidence of objective truth
- Magnification—exaggerating the significance of a negative event
- Personalization—assuming responsibility for a negative event not under your control
- Blame—blaming others as a way to feel more in control of a negative situation
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