Combating Distored Reality
Directions: Write down statements that describe some of your false certainties in the different situations
listed below.
Then identify the type of distortion(s) it is and what type of rebuttal statement you should use to refute it.
- Self-Blame - Pathologically responsible for all failures - incessant apologizing
- Personalization - I'm the center of everything and I should be able to fix it. Comparisons to others.
- Black and White - Dichotomies - either I get/do something to a certain level or I'm a loser
- Filtering - Ignore the compliments but focus on the criticism
- Stereotyping - Label whole classes of people, things, behaviors, and experiences
- Overgeneralization - One event sets the rule for all other similar events
- Projection - everyone feels the way you do
- In Control - You either control everything or you control nothing
- Assuming - the worst will happen in all situations
- Emotional reasoning - Rely on emotions to interpret reality and direct actions
- Fairy tale living - there is always a happy ending
- One I haven't listed (please email it to me Lifestooserious@gmail.com)
In class or at work
- Statement
- Type of distortion
- Rebuttal
During a social gathering
- Statement
- Type of distortion
- Rebuttal
In a relationship
- Statement
- Type of distortion
- Rebuttal
In a public place (like a sporting event or the mall)
- Statement
- Type of distortion
- Rebuttal
With family or friends
- Statement
- Type of distortion
- Rebuttal
By yourself
- Statement
- Type of distortion
- Rebuttal
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