When my therapist first brought them up to me a while ago, I denied almost every single one (surprise, surprise). I'm sure that was a combination of denial, unfamiliarity, and my tendency to completely blank in session. Now that I've gotten to know myself a little better, I'm pretty sure I'm entirely too close with this list; 1, 4, 6, and 7 are my best friends, but my T points out 8 way more than I'd care to admit.
The tough part isn't recognizing which distortion I'm doing anymore, it's actually turning it around and changing it. One distortion often leads to another sending me into a vicious cycle. "I feel like a piece of crap, therefore I am a piece of crap. I can't turn this thought around and I should be able to, so it must validate what I'm feeling and now I must die." Something like that ;)
The tough part isn't recognizing which distortion I'm doing anymore, it's actually turning it around and changing it. One distortion often leads to another sending me into a vicious cycle. "I feel like a piece of crap, therefore I am a piece of crap. I can't turn this thought around and I should be able to, so it must validate what I'm feeling and now I must die." Something like that ;)
