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    Cognitive distortions are inaccurate thoughts that reinforce negative thinking. They tell ourselves things that sound rational but are untrue and keep us feeling bad. For example, someone who fails at one new task may tell themselves they fail at everything, seeing things only in absolutes. Adding they are a "complete loser" takes the single failure and overgeneralizes it to their entire self and identity, which are examples of black or white thinking and overgeneralization cognitive distortions.

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    Cognitive distortions are inaccurate thoughts that reinforce negative thinking. They tell ourselves things that sound rational but are untrue and keep us feeling bad. For example, someone who fails at one new task may tell themselves they fail at everything, seeing things only in absolutes. Adding they are a "complete loser" takes the single failure and overgeneralizes it to their entire self and identity, which are examples of black or white thinking and overgeneralization cognitive distortions.

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    Cognitive distortions are inaccurate thoughts that reinforce negative thinking. They tell ourselves things that sound rational but are untrue and keep us feeling bad. For example, someone who fails at one new task may tell themselves they fail at everything, seeing things only in absolutes. Adding they are a "complete loser" takes the single failure and overgeneralizes it to their entire self and identity, which are examples of black or white thinking and overgeneralization cognitive distortions.

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    Cognitive distortions are inaccurate thoughts that reinforce negative thinking. They tell ourselves things that sound rational but are untrue and keep us feeling bad. For example, someone who fails at one new task may tell themselves they fail at everything, seeing things only in absolutes. Adding they are a "complete loser" takes the single failure and overgeneralizes it to their entire self and identity, which are examples of black or white thinking and overgeneralization cognitive distortions.

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    Cognitive Distortions

    “ Cognitive distortions are simply ways that our


    mind convinces us of something that isn’t really
    true. These inaccurate thoughts are usually used
    to reinforce negative thinking or emotions —
    telling ourselves things that sound rational and

    ”
    accurate, but really only serve to keep us feeling
    bad about ourselves.
    For instance, a person might tell themselves, “I always fail
    when I try to do something new; I therefore fail at
    everything I try.” This is an example of “black or white”
    (or polarized) thinking. The person is only seeing things in
    absolutes — that if they fail at one thing, they must fail
    at all things. If they added, “I must be a complete loser and
    failure” to their thinking, that would also be an example
    of overgeneralization — taking a failure at one specific task
    and generalizing it their very self and identity.
    Activity
    Know the meaning and examples of the cognitive distortions listed in
    the last column. Answer the thought distortion monitoring record.
    Seeing a pattern based upon a single
    event

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