Also known as Cognitive distortions, Thinking errors, Unhelpful thinking styles
A habitual, inaccurate way of reading events — such as all-or-nothing thinking or mind reading — that makes things seem worse than they are. Spotting them is central to CBT.
In Psychology
Cognitive distortions are thinking habits that bend the facts, usually in a negative direction. The psychiatrist Aaron Beck noticed them in people with , and learning to question them became the basis of .
Everyone thinks like this at times, especially under stress. The aim of therapy is not forced positive thinking but more accurate, balanced thinking. and have their own entries.
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