cognitive distortions Flashcards
dichotomous thinking
belief that something is all good or all bad
overgeneralization
see one negative as a never-ending pattern of defeat
mental filter/selective abstraction
focus on one negative instead of whole picture
magnification/minimization
magnify negatives, minimize positives
arbitrary influences
jumping to conclusions
mind reading- think you know what others are thinking
fortune telling- expect things to turn out badly
emotional reasoning
think something must be true because you feel so strongly that it is
labeling
fixed ideas about the behavior of self/others
should statements
overestimate negative consequences if fixed ideas about self/others are not met
personalization
belief that others are behaving negatively because of you
2 cognitive dissertations common to borderline PD
dichotomous thinking
emotional reasoning