Guilford Press 2016.įang A, Sawyer AT, Asnaani A, Hofmann S. Mind over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think. 2nd ed. Psychopathology and thought suppression: A quantitative review. The impact of cognitive restructuring and mindfulness strategies on postevent processing and affect in social anxiety disorder. Shikatani B, Antony MM, Kuo JR, Cassin SE. The Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Does mindfulness attenuate thoughts emphasizing negativity, but not positivity?. Mindfulness-based interventions in counseling. It often leads people to blame themselves for things they have no control over.īrown AP, Marquis A, Guiffrida DA. Personalization and blame: This thought pattern involves taking things personally, even when they are not personal.This can escalate negative feelings and increase anxiety. For example, if you are feeling nervous, emotional reasoning would lead you to conclude that you must be in danger. Emotional reasoning: This involves assuming that something is true based on your emotional response to it.Such statements are often unrealistic and cause people to feel defeated and pessimistic about their ability to succeed. 'Should' statements: Thinking marked by 'should' statements contribute to a negative perspective by only thinking in terms of what you 'ought' to be doing.Someone who labels themselves as 'bad at math,' for example, will often feel negative about activities that involve that skill. Labeling: When people label themselves in a negative way, it affects how they feel about themselves in different contexts.This can make negative experiences seem unavoidable and contribute to feelings of anxiety. Overgeneralization: This pattern is marked by a tendency to apply what happened in one experience to all future experiences.Catastrophizing: This pattern of negative thinking is characterized by always assuming that the worst possible outcome will happen without considering more likely and realistic possibilities.

Jumping to conclusions: This distortion involves making assumptions about what others are thinking or making negative assumptions about how events will turn out.

Automatic negative thoughts