Haven’t we all found ourselves in situations where we use certain statements such as “I should stop thinking this way!” to cope with the matter accordingly? I’m sure it’s not just us, but we have seen other people using these sentences too. What are these statements exactly? To begin with, these sentences are something called Cognitive Distortions. Cognitive Distortions are habitual ways of thinking that are often inaccurate and negatively biased. They are basically an exaggerated or irrational thought pattern that lead to an onset of psychopathological states such as stress and depression. Today, we are going to talk about 10 such cognitive distortions.
Well, I am pretty sure that we’ve encountered so many people including ourselves who have gotten into these cognitive distortions on a daily basis. Isn’t it weird that we see these events happening around us, we see people saying these sentences and we, as a society, believe that it’s just a way of coping with the stressors of life. It is high time that we realize that these are infact unhealthy ways of coping with negative events. I hope this blog will help you to notice such cognitive distortions and change them into helpful thinking styles.
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