How often do you think you misinterpret information and wind up feeling (unnecessarily) stressed, upset, or angry?
Even worse, what if the way you're thinking about a given situation artificially limits the choices available to you?
What I'm describing here are cognitive distortions. These are thought patterns, or habits, if you will, that usually lead to reactions and responses that are really unhelpful and actually move us further away from our goals.
In this bonus episode to the four-part series on Processing Your Emotion, I'm going to review ten different types of cognitive distortions (thought habits, if you will) and share some examples so that you'll be able to recognize them when they they occur.
This is an essential step in reframing process so that you can make better choices.
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