Summary of 15 Styles of Distorted Thinking

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2. Polarized Thinking: Things are black or white, good or bad. You have to be perfect or
    you're a failure. There is no middle ground.

3. Overgeneralization: You come to a general conclusion based on a single incident or
    piece of evidence.  if something bad happens once you expect it to happen over and
    over again.

4. Mind Reading: Without their saying so, you know what people are feeling and why
   they act the way they do. In particular, you are able to divine how people are feeling
   toward you.

5. Catastrophizing: You expect disaster. You notice or hear about a problem and start
    "what if's:" What if tragedy strikes? What if it happens to you?"

6. Personalization: Thinking that everything people do or say is some kind of reaction
    to you. You also compare yourself to others, trying to determine who's smarter, better
    looking, etc.

7. Control Fallacies: If you feel externally controlled, you see yourself as helpless, a
    victim of fate. The fallacy of internal control has you responsible for the pain and
    happiness of every6ne around you.

8. Fallacy of Fairness: You feel resentful because you think you know what's fair but
    other people won't agree with you.

9. Blaming: You hold other people responsible for your pain, or take the other tack
    and blame yourself for every problem or reversal-

10. Shoulds: You have a list of ironclad rules about how you and other people should act.
      People who break the rules anger you and you feel guilty if you violate the rules.

11. Emotional Reasoning: You believe that what you feel must be true-automatically.
     If you feel stupid and boring, then you must be stupid and boring.

12. Fallacy of Change: You expect that other people will change to suit you if You just
      pressure or cajole them enough.  You need to change people because your hopes for
      happiness seem to depend entirely on them.

13. Global Labeling: You generalize one or two qualities into a negative global judgment.

14. Being Right: You are continually on trial to prove that your opinions and actions arc
      correct. Being wrong is unthinkable and you will go to any length to demonstrate
      your rightness.

15 Heaven's Reward Fallacy: You expect all your sacrifice and self-denial to pay off, as
     if there were someone keeping score. You feel bitter when the reward doesn't come.