10 Forms of Twisted Thinking – And How to Replace Them Based on “The Feeling Good Handbook,” David D. Burns, MD Thinking Error: Description: Impact: Replacement: 1-All or Nothing Thinking Black-or-white thinking Promotes discouragement/anger – no middle ground. Continuum thinking –“The Dial” 2-Overgeneralization Thinking “always / never” Expands a specific problem to an everlasting issue. Stay specific, focused on the “now” 3-Negative Mental Filter Seeing only the negative Makes the positive invisible – even if there’s a lot of it. Identify and appreciate the positives 4-Discounting the Positive Positives “don’t matter&rdquo ...
Top 10 thought distortions from The Feeling Good Handbook, by David D. Burns, M.D. 1. All-or-nothing thinking - You see things in black-or-white categories. If a situation falls short of perfect, you see it as a total failure. When a young woman on a diet ate a spoonful of ice cream, she told herself, "I've blown my diet completely." This thought upset her so much that she gobbled down an entire quart of ice cream. 2. Over generalization - You see a single negative event, such as a romantic rejection or a career reversal ...
Common Cognitive Distortions or “Thinking Traps” As adapted from The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns All-or-Nothing Thinking What’s the point of coming to school anyway? I’m already failing a bunch of classes Nobody ever asks me out on the weekends I have no friends It’s not worth even trying Overgeneralization I’m always the last person to know what’s going on Everything I do is a failure Mental Filter I can’t believe I said that! I’m such an idiot! I’m going to do poorly on my exam and everyone with think ...
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