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15 styles of distorted thinking





CATASTROPHIZING: You expect disaster. You notice or hear about a problem and start " what if's " What if tragedy strikes? what if it happens to you?



FALLACY of FAIRNESS : You feel resentful because you think you know what's fair but other people won't agree with you.


SHOULD: You have a list of ironclad rules about how you and other people should act. People who break the rules anger you and you feel guilty if you break the rules.

EMOTIONAL REASONING: you believe that what you feel must be true automatically. If you feel stupid and boring, you must be stupid and boring.

FALLACY of CHANGE: You expect that other people will change to suit you if you just pressure or cajole them enough. You need to change people because your hope for happiness seems to depend entirely on them.

GLOBAL LABELING : You generalize one or two qualities into a negative global judgement.


HEAVAN'S REWARD FALLACY : You expect all your sacrifices and self-denial to pay off, as if there were someone keeping score. You feel bitter when the reward doesn't come.

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These are actual psycholological terminalogy and definitions. They are a type of Level 1 (psychotic) defense mechanisms.

Level 2 is immature, 3 is neurotic, and 4 is mature.

Now, I am betting that

Now, I am betting that everyone here knows at least one person that fits one of those categories.

To climb the mountain, you must believe you can.

Or perhaps everyone here actually

suffers from at least one category. It sure seems that way to me at times.

The mother of all - CONFUSION

(almost) all confusion is simple refusal to deal with reality. Example:

"I don't understand what's happening."

"Oh, yes you do."

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BLAMING is actually defined slightly differently in

Essentials of Abnormal Psychology





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16. SORTING : A pathological need to make lists.

ha ha j/k great post.

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However it is a great way to avoid the feeling of...


heh heh...

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