Depressive Logical Mistakes
–All or Nothing
Deciding that falling slightly short of your goals makes you a total failure
–Overgeneralization
“Because it worked out badly one time, it will work out badly every time.”
–Mental Filter
Allowing a single small negative detail to block out all the good details
–Disqualifying the Positive
Saying that positive experiences or evidence “don’t count” for some reason
–Mind-Reading
Assuming other people think negatively of you without evidence
–Fortune-Telling
Making a negative prediction and then taking it as an established fact, before the fact
–Catastrophizing
Exaggerating the importance of a minor mistake
–Minimizing
Disregarding the importance of your qualities or accomplishments
–Emotional justification
“I feel hopeless, therefore things are hopeless”
–Should, Must, and Ought
Disregarding the way things are in favor of how things “should be”
–Mislabeling
“I failed once, so I’m a total Failure.” Or, “He was mean to me once. He’s a fucking Asshole.”
–Personalization
Taking [responsibility] for things you don’t actually have control over
When you catch yourself thinking this way, take a step back and ask yourself:
“Is this really true, or am I stuck in a loop?”
Simple stories are inherently false. Life is complicated, and perspective matters.
When life seems overwhelming, remember the Buddhist saying:
“The correct way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time.”
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