Watch for
- All-or-nothing: “If I’m not perfect, I’m a failure.”
- Overgeneralizing: one bad thing means everything is bad.
- Mental filter: hearing only the one negative.
- Disqualifying the positive: the good stuff doesn’t count.
- Jumping to conclusions: mind reading, fortune telling.
- Magnifying or minimizing.
- Emotional reasoning: “I feel it, so it’s true.”
- Should statements: beating yourself up with “should.”
- Labeling: “I spilled the milk. I’m such a loser.”
- Personalizing: it’s all about me — and not in a good way.
Related