Irrational Beliefs and Cognitive Distortions in Everyday Life
5 articlesIrrational beliefs and cognitive distortions are thinking patterns that make distress stronger or keep people trapped in unhelpful behavior. They include catastrophizing, black-and-white thinking, mind reading, overgeneralization, emotional reasoning, personalization, “should” statements, discounting positives, and fortune telling.
This area should explain how distorted thoughts appear in anxiety, depression, relationships, work stress, parenting, and self-esteem problems. Practical content can show readers how to notice a thought, test it, reframe it, and connect thinking patterns with emotions and actions.
This area should explain how distorted thoughts appear in anxiety, depression, relationships, work stress, parenting, and self-esteem problems. Practical content can show readers how to notice a thought, test it, reframe it, and connect thinking patterns with emotions and actions.
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