Assess Your Thinking

Now review the entries in your stress log. Read what you put down for your thoughts for each stressor. Can you detect any cognitive distortions? Which of the following, if any, did you find in your stress log?

All or nothing thinking
Catastrophizing
Personalizing
Overgeneralization

Underline in red pen, the examples that you find in your log and identify which cognitive distortion was present in your thinking.

Cognitive distortions aren’t helpful and lead to dysfunctional responses and symptoms. How can we reduce them and create more helpful interpretations?

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