I would like to work on challenging the cognitive distortions in my thinking because I know that a lot of my suffering comes from them right now. Feel free to join me!

These are common types of cognitive distortions:

1. All-or-nothing thinking
2. Overgeneralization
3. Mental filter
4. Disqualifying the positive
5. Jumping to conclusions
o Mind reading
o The Fortune Teller Error
6. Magnification (catastrophizing) or minimization
7. Emotional reasoning
8. Should statements
9. Labeling and mislabeling
10. Personalization


This link describes the types of cognitive distortions in more detail.


me: 42 | STBXH: 41 | T: 18 | M: 10 | separation: Jan 3, 2010 | they deserve better: S7 & D4
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