Reflect, challenge, and reframe your thoughts.
Seeing things in absolute, black-and-white categories.
Viewing a negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.
Dwelling on the negatives and ignoring the positives.
Insisting that your accomplishments or positive qualities "don't count."
Mind Reading (assuming negative reactions) or Fortune Telling (predicting bad outcomes).
Blowing things way out of proportion or shrinking their importance inappropriately.
Reasoning from how you feel (e.g., "I feel like an idiot, so I must be one").
Criticizing yourself or others with "Shoulds," "Musts," or "Have tos."
Identifying with shortcomings. Instead of "I made a mistake," saying "I'm a loser."
Blaming yourself unfairly for things you aren't responsible for, or blaming others.
