"I'm the stupidest person in the world!" You always ignore me." "Everybody is looking at me and thinks I look weird." We all experience cognitive distortions, a negative way of thinking our brains default to, on a daily basis that impact the way we view the world. But what exactly are they? And what can we do about them? Lexi and their friend Kim share a list of 15 common cognitive distortions that our brains often use to trick us on a daily basis. Are there certain distortions you tend to utilize the most?
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