The final cognitive distortion in this series may be best illustrated in the words of Eeyore, the curmudgeonly donkey in A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh series of books: Eeyore," said Owl," Christopher … [Read more...] about CBT 101 Part 10 – Discounting the Positive
Archives for April 2018
CBT 101 Part 9 – Labeling (and Mislabeling)
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never harm me."1 Labeling/mislabeling is an extreme form of overgeneralization in which we use a single characteristic to describe a whole … [Read more...] about CBT 101 Part 9 – Labeling (and Mislabeling)
CBT 101 Part 8 – Emotional Reasoning
Much of our communication in the early 21st century is done via social media: texting, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc. I find these various communication forms fascinating from a neuroscience … [Read more...] about CBT 101 Part 8 – Emotional Reasoning