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Should: "This Is My Fault."
Should: "This Is My Fault."
x
thinking Sometimes called ‘black generalizing
and white thinking’. Seeing a pattern based
“everything is upon a single event, or
If I’m not perfect I have failed. always rubbish.” being overly broad in the
“nothing good conclusions we draw.
Either I do it right or not at all. ever happens.”
should
Emotional Using critical words like
reasoning Assuming that because we ‘should’, ‘must’, or ‘ought’
feel a certain way what we can make us feel guilty, or
must
think must be true. like we have already failed.
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Unhelpful Thinking Styles
x All or nothing thinking Thinking in extremes. For example, something is either 100% good or bad.
“everything is
always rubbish”
“nothing good
ever happens” Over-generalizing Seeing a pattern based upon a single event.
Mental filter Only paying attention to certain types of evidence (”that doesn’t count”).
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Disqualifying the positive Discounting positive information or twisting a positive into a negative.
“I can’t
stand it” Low frustration tolerance Saying things like “this is too difficult”, “this is unbearable” or “I can’t stand it”.
Emotional reasoning Assuming that because we feel a certain way our hunch must be true.
SHOULD
MUST Demands Using words like ‘should’, ‘must’, and ‘ought’.
“this is
Personalization Taking too much or too little responsibility.
my fault”
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