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Created page with "'''Negative thinking''' involves:<ref>[https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950 Positive thinking: Stop negative..."
'''Negative thinking''' involves:<ref>[https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950 Positive thinking: Stop negative self-talk to reduce stress]</ref><ref>[https://www.familycentre.org/news/post/10-common-negative-thinking-patterns-and-5-steps-for-change 10 Common Negative Thinking Patterns and 5 Steps for Change], Family Center</ref><ref>[https://www.verywellmind.com/negative-self-talk-and-how-it-affects-us-4161304 The Toxic Effects of Negative Self-Talk] by Elizabeth Scott, PhD</ref>
- '''Filtering.''' Magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filtering out all the positive ones.
- '''Personalizing.''' When something bad occurs, you automatically blame yourself.
- '''Catastrophizing.''' Believing that the worst will happen in situations.
- '''Overgeneralization.''' Believing that negative things always happen to you and positive things never happen to you.
- '''Ungrateful attitude.''' Discounting the good that happens in one's life.
- '''Magnifying.''' Making mountains out of molehills.
- '''Overly emotional.''' Believe that just because you feel something is true that it must be true. Ignore the facts and other plausible explanations.
- '''Limited thinking'''. Failing to have a [[growth mindset]]. Defeatist thinking by saying you can't do something when it merely will require effort, [[problem solving]], [[creativity]], and persistence.
- '''Blaming.''' Not taking personal responsibility for your wrong actions.
- '''Hasty jumping to conclusions.''' Engage in "mindreading" and catastrophizing.
- '''Saying you "should" or "must" do something when it isn't true or beating up yourself excessively for failing to do things'''
- '''Perfectionism'''
- '''Polarizing all or nothing thinking.''' You see events/matters in starkly good or bad terms in terms of consequences when there is middle ground or bad/good aspects of events/matters.
- '''Filtering.''' Magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filtering out all the positive ones.
- '''Personalizing.''' When something bad occurs, you automatically blame yourself.
- '''Catastrophizing.''' Believing that the worst will happen in situations.
- '''Overgeneralization.''' Believing that negative things always happen to you and positive things never happen to you.
- '''Ungrateful attitude.''' Discounting the good that happens in one's life.
- '''Magnifying.''' Making mountains out of molehills.
- '''Overly emotional.''' Believe that just because you feel something is true that it must be true. Ignore the facts and other plausible explanations.
- '''Limited thinking'''. Failing to have a [[growth mindset]]. Defeatist thinking by saying you can't do something when it merely will require effort, [[problem solving]], [[creativity]], and persistence.
- '''Blaming.''' Not taking personal responsibility for your wrong actions.
- '''Hasty jumping to conclusions.''' Engage in "mindreading" and catastrophizing.
- '''Saying you "should" or "must" do something when it isn't true or beating up yourself excessively for failing to do things'''
- '''Perfectionism'''
- '''Polarizing all or nothing thinking.''' You see events/matters in starkly good or bad terms in terms of consequences when there is middle ground or bad/good aspects of events/matters.