👉Polarized Thinking

When I was in high school and thought, “If I don’t get straight As, I’ve essentially failed.”

👉Mental Filtering

For Example- A client says "When I was a year into having started my own business and filtered out the fact that I’d managed to achieve that, had wonderful clients, great friends, and a supportive partner."  She was only focusing on why she wasn’t yet making.

👉Discounting the Positive.

Let's take another case where a patient discuss "When I was in a slump last Tuesday and caught myself saying, “Yes, I might be a decent copywriter, but anybody can learn how to do that.

👉Overgeneralization

This you can relate to when your friend has shared a situation like these "When I went through break-ups and told myself, “This always happens, I’ll never find anyone,” or when I burn the fishfingers and think, “Why does nothing ever go right?”.

👉Mindreading

When my partner introduced me to his friends and I spent the entire journey home thinking, “They all hate me, I told that stupid story and now they all think I’m boring.

👉Emotional Reasoning

Let's look at a situation " The time my ex-manager, Steph, suggested I go for a copywriting position, and I thought, “I’m so worthless, there’s no point in even trying – I’d never get the job anyway.” Spoiler: I got the job." This is what Emotional Reasoning is.

👉Should” Statements

When I’m rigid with my ideas about how I should and shouldn’t be spending my free time, “I should be getting up early to start every morning with yoga.” I then feel anxious and blame myself when I’m too tired to manage it.

👉Labeling

At time I assumed that my ex-colleague was a horrible person because she was a bit “short” with me when we first met. Spoiler: she was just having a nightmare Monday and we became really good friends.

👉Personalization and Blame

For Ex -"When my ex-boss Jo used to look annoyed and I’d instantly shrink into myself and think, ”I must have done something wrong, I can’t do anything right.”

Sources- mindtools.com