1. All or nothing assessments of self or others: Treating people and situations as all good or all bad.
2. Generalizing an isolated experience to a never ending pattern of defeat. Example: A friend breaches a trust, and you think no one can be trusted.
3. Mental Filter: difficulty shifting attention away from one negative detail which then “ruins” the evening.
4. Disqualifying the Positive: Example: not accepting a compliment
5. Assumptions we make believe on our personal thinking that are not true. Example: You see a friend and he doesn’t say hello, so you decide he doesn’t like you.

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