Assertive behavior means standing up for your rights and expressing your truths in a way that neither shrinks from what you want to communicate nor assumes that they are the only valid truths.
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Assertiveness
Assertive behavior is one of the most powerful ways of acting in interacting with other people. Understanding assertiveness Assertiveness is widely misunderstood, often equated with aggression, which is not. Here’s more detail to give you a firm foundation in this area. Assertiveness is: Submissive, assertive, and aggressive behavior. Aggressive Behavior: Being aggressive is not beingContinue reading “Assertiveness”
All-or-nothing thinking
Recognizing Cognitive Distortions: All-or-Nothing Thinking A cognitive distortion is an automatic way of repeatedly interpreting a situation that causes us to not consider other ways of thinking about it. When we over-rely on cognitive distortions, we usually interpret events in such a way that fuels emotions such as anxiety, depression, or anger. All-or-nothing thinking isContinue reading “All-or-nothing thinking”
Overgeneralizing
Cognitive Distortions: Overgeneralizing Overgeneralizing is a cognitive distortion that results in some pretty significant errors in thinking and has the potential to cause us a lot of unnecessary emotional pain. When we draw a faulty conclusion about something based on just one example, we are overgeneralizing. This can take many forms. We may, for example,Continue reading “Overgeneralizing”
Labeling
Cognitive Distortions: Labeling Labeling is a cognitive distortion in which we generalize by taking one characteristic of a person, and applying it to the whole person. Because I failed a test, I am a failure. Because she is frequently late to work, she is irresponsible. If someone responded in a brusque way, he is aContinue reading “Labeling”
Negative filtering
Common Cognitive Distortions: Negative Filtering Negative Filtering is a common cognitive distortion, and most of us do it from time to time. Simply, it is filtering out all of the positive information about a specific situation, and only allowing in the negative information. In other words, negative filtering is focusing on negative things and discountingContinue reading “Negative filtering”
Mind reading
Cognitive distortions are errors or biases in thinking that can lead to faulty assumptions, and can worsen mood. Cognitive Therapy teaches that much of what fuels depression and anxiety are patterns of distorted thinking. Thus to reduce depression and anxiety, it can be very helpful to learn to recognize and respond to common cognitive distortions.Continue reading “Mind reading”
Fortune-telling
Cognitive Distortion: Fortune Telling Fortune telling is a cognitive distortion in which you predict a negative outcome without realistically considering the actual odds of that outcome. It is linked to anxiety and depression, and is one of the most common cognitive distortions that arise during the course of cognitive restructuring. We have to be ableContinue reading “Fortune-telling”
Catastrophizing
Cognitive Distortions Definition of Catastrophizing The cognitive distortion of catastrophizing is pretty much what you might think it is: making something into a catastrophe when it’s not. When we catastrophize, we tell our selves that something is so awful, so terrible, that we won’t be able to handle it. That we would fall apart, orContinue reading “Catastrophizing”
Improve Your Perspective Using Cognitive Reappraisal
Emotional problems plague everyone from time to time. From feelings of depression to overwhelming anxiety, there are times when we feel unpleasant emotions more intensely than we normally do. To some degree, this is just part of the human experience. As long as we have a brain, we will experience varying degrees of all varietyContinue reading “Improve Your Perspective Using Cognitive Reappraisal”
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