Exercise 3 – 10 Common Thought Distortions

1. ‘All or Nothing’ Thinking

2. Jumping to Conclusions

3. Overgeneralisation

4. Magnifying or Minimising (also referred to as “Catastrophisation”)

5. Mental Filter

6. Disqualifying the Positive

7.  Personalisation

8. Shoulds and Oughts

9. Emotional Reasoning

10. Labelling