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    Cognitive distortions are irrational or exaggerated patterns of thinking. They originate as ways for individuals to cope with adverse life events and may have evolved as survival mechanisms. Some common types of cognitive distortions include polarized thinking, overgeneralization, emotional reasoning, control fallacies, catastrophizing, should statements, labeling, blaming, personalization, and discounting the positive. Cognitive distortions can negatively impact one's self-esteem and mental well-being.

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    Cognitive distortions are irrational or exaggerated patterns of thinking. They originate as ways for individuals to cope with adverse life events and may have evolved as survival mechanisms. Some common types of cognitive distortions include polarized thinking, overgeneralization, emotional reasoning, control fallacies, catastrophizing, should statements, labeling, blaming, personalization, and discounting the positive. Cognitive distortions can negatively impact one's self-esteem and mental well-being.

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    What is cognitive distortion?

    Introduction:

    It is often defined as thinking in the way which are exaggerated irrational or biased toward a
    specific thinking pattern.

    How they are originated:

    They are originated as one of the manners through an individual can cope with adverse life it
    occurrence. It was also suggested that it might be a kind of evolutionary survival methods.

    Types of cognitive distortions:

    Polarized thinking:

    It can be defined as black or white thinking in which a individual think on in extremes on


    habitual basis.

    Over generalization:

    It is defined as when one individual places the same conclusion that a he/she had drawn from
    one event to every other experience of their life.

    For example:

    Your one relationship in your childhood got ruined and after that you had start believing that no
    one will stay or no one loves that individual.

    Emotional reasoning:

    It is a distortion which occurs when you start perceiving that how you feel about a situation is a
    reliable indicator in predicting the reality.

    For example:

    Feeling that no quiz will be taken and thus you don’t prepare for it and you fact get failed.

    Control Fallacies:

    It is a distortion which result when you start feeling responsible for anything that has been
    occurred or you start perceiving that you have no control on anything which occurs.

    For example:

    Someone mood was ruined and you start believing and criticizing your own self that you did
    that to him/her .
    Castrophizing:

    In this cognitive distortion you jump to the worst conclusion you can in any situation even if it
    seems impossible.

    For example:

    Your friend was not picking up your call and you start believing that he/she is in danger or may
    be the went into accident or that something has happened to them.

    Should Statement:

    The cognative distortion that occurs when we start thinking in terms of should and ought to be
    done that will eventually result in diminish of the self- esteem and highly increase of anxiety.

    For example:

    I should get four GPA otherwise I am not a good student.

    Labeling:

    It is the cognitive distortion that occurs when any individual start believing themselves or other
    on the basis of one negative characteristics or description.

    For example:

    Someone lied once to you but now you just consider them as a liars and to bad to them.

    Blaming:

    The cognative distortion that happens when you start blaming any other person for how you
    feel and how you behaved.

    For example:

    When someone blames that they were in a bad mood because of you.

    Personalization:

    It is the cognitive distortion that arises when you take everything on your ownself.

    For example;

    Your friend failed a subject and you start blaming yourself that if would have helped in during
    exam time he would not fail.

    Discounting the positive:


    It is the cognitive distortion that occur when you don’t regard the positives and may connect
    that to something else which is not connected to you.

    For example:

    Someone complemented your dress and style and you

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