CBT Exercise: Label Cognitive Distortions and Restructure Negative Thoughts Posted on August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 by Mag NoliaAn exercise inspired by one of Paige Pradko’s instructional videos.Cognitive Distortions What is the thought? Which cognitive distortions are present in the thought? All or nothing thinking — black or white thinking, there’s no grey area Overgeneralization — seeing everything as going wrong or through a negative lens Mental filter — taking one negative experience and blowing it up Discount the positive — ignoring everything positive Mind reading — predicting what another person thinks about us Fortune telling — predicting something negative will happen Magnification — blowing things way out of proportion, often envisioning the worst case scenario Emotional reasoning — looking at emotions as facts “Should” statements — using “should” statements – we’re guilting or criticizing ourselves or others Labeling & mis-labeling — judging ourselves or others Personalization — taking everything personally Control fallacy — when a person believes they have no control over their life Fairness fallacy — fallacy that everything in life should be fair Fallacy of change — expecting others to change Always being right — internalizing thoughts/opinions as facts Is there a more positive / rational / helpful way to structure the thought? If you are human, leave this field blank. Send into the Ether! (your response will not be recorded)