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All-or-nothing thinking: you look at things in absolute, black and white categories.
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Overgeneralization: You view a negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.
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Mental Filter: You dwell on the negatives and ignore the positives.
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Discounting the positives: You insist that your accomplishments or positive qualities “don’t count.”
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Jumping to conclusions: A) Mind reading -- you assume that people are reacting negatively to you when there’s no definite evidence for this; B)Fortune Telling -- you arbitrarily predict things will turn out badly.
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Magnification or Minimization: You blow things way out of proportion or you shrink their importance inappropriately.
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Emotional Reasoning: You reason from how you feel: “I feel like an idiot, so I really must be one.” OR “I don’t feel like doing this, so I’ll put it off.”
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Should Statements: You criticize yourself or other people with “Shoulds” or “Shouldn’ts.” “Musts,” “Oughts,” “Have tos” are similar offenders.
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Labeling: You identify with your shortcomings. Instead of saying, “I made a mistake,” you tell yourself, “I’m a jerk,” or “a fool,” or “a loser.”
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Personalization and Blame: You blame yourself for something you weren’t entirely responsible for, or you blame other people and overlook ways that your own attitudes and behavior might contribute to a problem.
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