David J Sherwin Recovery Podcast: Common Thought Distortions

David J Sherwin Podcast

In this Episode I talk about Common Thought Distortions and how they may affect you in sobriety and life.

Here is also a list of examples to look at below:

Forecasting: Assuming that the future will turn out negatively and feeling convinced that this is true.

Examples:

This project is destined to fail.

My family will fall apart.

Mind Reading: Assuming that another person is having negative thoughts or reactions to you without checking out your perception.

Examples:

This teacher hates me.

My family blames me.

Negative Filter: Focusing on a single negative instance and disqualifying any positive experiences or evidence to the contrary.

Examples:

Since I did not make a good meal tonight, I must be a bad cook.

Since my kids are frustrated with me, I must be a bad dad.

All or Nothing Thinking: Seeing things in extreme ways, as either/or, with no middle ground.

Examples:

Because I feel sad, I’ll never be able to feel happy again.

Because I did not get an A+ on my test, it means I am stupid.

Emotional Reasoning Believing something is true, because it feels like it is true.

Examples:

Because I feel like my boss does not like me, he must really not like me.

My children do not really want me around. I know because I can feel it.

Catastrophizing: Exaggerating the importance of an event or outcome.

Examples:

Getting an F on my test is the WORST thing that could ever happen.

My family is terrible because we had an argument.

Should Statements: Having a rigid set of rules about how one should behave or think.

Examples:

I should be more prepared. I should not rely on others. Personalization Seeing yourself as the cause of an external negative event for which you were not primarily responsible.

Examples:

If I had not driven my car that day, we would not have had an accident.

We would not have gotten lost if I was more organized. T

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