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The website DBTselfHelp.com offers this list of Cognitive
Distortions:
“All Or Nothing Thinking, Over Generalization [your life is
over kind of mentality], Mental Filter [focusing on 1 negative aspect only],
Disqualifying the Positive, Jumping to Conclusions Mind Reading [assumptions
about others that may be false], The Fortuneteller Error [assuming that the
outcome is always bad], Magnification/Minimization, Emotional Reasoning (I feel
it therefor it must be true), Should Statements [living with regrets, I should
of or could of state of mind], [and] Judging.”
It is important when you face the challenges in your life in
order to start on an equal playing field and this is not happening if your
beliefs/practices are self-sabotaging because of cognitive distortions.
When we are in the midst of emotions it can be easy to
associate one event with another, many times it is what children do when
parents get divorced. It doesn’t matter if they’ve heard their parents argue
daily, once the marriage splits, the kids will many times blame themselves. “If
I could have been a perfect child, mom and dad would have stayed together; it’s
all my fault.” This is an example of a cognitive distortion.
We have to challenge our thoughts and emotions in order to
check their validity otherwise we will live life miserably if we allow the
critical voice in our heads to run the show!
What are your thoughts about problems solving? Do you have
any tips you can share?
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