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Apr 29, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Cognitive distortions are common thinking errors that can contribute to anxiety and depression.

A 🧵of some of the most common cognitive distortions (with AI-generated art created using wombo):

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all-or-nothing thinking:

thinking in extremes; something is either perfect or it’s terrible
discounting the positives:

ignoring positive comments, feedback, or information, and instead only focusing on the negatives
catastrophizing:

imagining and expecting a worst-case scenario, instead of taking a more balanced perspective
mind-reading:

assuming we know what someone else is thinking (usually something negative) when they haven’t told us directly
personalization:

assuming that we are the cause of negative events; taking things personally; blaming ourselves for things that aren’t actually our fault
magnification:

blowing things out of proportion; reacting to things more strongly or treating things as more important than is warranted

its inverse is minimization:

playing things down; pretending something doesn’t matter when it does
jumping to conclusions:

assuming we know how things will turn out; assuming that because one (usually negative) thing happened, it also means other (usually negative) things will happen

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