Examples of Cognitive Distortions
- Mind reading: assuming we understand what other people are thinking without any evidence.
- Overgeneralization: extending the evidence for something beyond what is appropriate.
- Magnification: taking our errors and exaggerating them.
- Emotional reasoning: making decisions based on our feelings.
- Black & white thinking: evaluating things in terms of extreme categories.
- Labeling: describing ourselves in one extreme way, usually negative.
- Should statements: self-talking about what we should and should not do.
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How can we deal with negative thinking? Psychology suggests that we should try to train our minds to think more positively about what happens to us.
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