All or Nothing Thinking - Sometimes called "black and white thinking". Examples: "If I am not perfect, I have failed" and "Either I do it right or I don't do it at all.", Over-Gerneralizing - Seeing a pattern based on a single event. Being overly broad in the conclusions we draw. , Mental Filter - Only paying attention to certain types of evidence. Noticing our failures instead of our successes.., Disqualifying the Positive - Discounting the good things that have happened. "That doesn't count." , Jumping to Conclusions - Mind Reading: imagining we know what others are thinking. Fortune telling: Predicting the future., Catastrophizing & Minimization - Blowing things out of proportion or inappropriately shrinking something to make it sound less important. , Emotional Reasoning - Assuming that because we feel a certain way what we think must be true. "I feel embarrassed so I must be an idiot", Should / Must - Using critical words like "should" or "must" can make us feel guilty or like we have already failed. If we apply "shoulds" to other people, the result is often frustration., Labeling - Assigning labels to ourselves and other people. "I am a loser" "I am completely useless", Personalization - Blaming yourself or taking responsibility for something that was not your fault. Also blaming other people for something that was your fault. ,

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