Name that distorted cognition (thought/perception)

[ms spock]

I used the app Woebot this morning in order to get a bit more of a handle on on my distorted thinking. I have checked in with Woebot more than 20 times so far.

My thinking is still really distorted though I have worked on this. I have a long way to go.

 

[ms spock]

Emotional reasoning is my hardest one. I feel bad and think I am bad, but facts are not feelings. I am not bad. I do feel bad though.

 

[Stephani8o]

1. All or nothing thinking -- I can't get my class settled down and I'm having a hard times managing my team. I've changed and now i can't do my job and I'm failure and I can't go back because they know I'm a failure.
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3. Mental filter -- the look on my supervisors face. I'm not good enough and all the supervisors are talking about it. I wasn't ready for the stress of this position.
4. Disqualifying the positive -- just a couple weeks ago she said we were doing a good job. She didn't know the truth.
5. Jumping to conclusions -- the look on her face. It was like she didn't want to deal with my issues because I needed to manage my team on my own.
6. Magnification and minimization -- I can't manage on my own and people offer to help but that shows weakness.
7. Emotional reasoning -- I can't go back. Too many neg feelings that I don't like talking about

Anyways that's been my last couple days. I have to make it to work tomorrow because I don't want this to turn into a thing.

 

[ms spock]

I am still being mindful of my emotional reasoning and how low that makes me during the day. I am chipping away at it bit by bit.

 

[ms spock]

I am still feeling I am bad, emotional reasoning and thinking I am bad. Or thinking I am bad and feeling I am bad.

There was a time that I felt so needy and desperate for love and care, that I could never turn down food, as food was my family and friend, bit by bit I am improving so much. I am starting to meet my own emotional needs. I am willing to validate my own feelings. I have changed a lot of thinking around food. It is a big change.

I have changed my cognitive distortions around eating so much. I am not eating all the time to numb out and be checked out of life. I did really well yesterday I didn't eat when we went to a cafe as I knew I wanted to eat later, a dinner, at a friend's place. I didn't want to overeat. I did do a bit of comfort eating before I left, but overall l am still doing so much better. So I had a cup of peppermint tea.

I need to do more cognitive thought busting down, but I am improving. I am seeing more and more that they are only thoughts, and even though they are my thoughts I don't have to believe them, and buy into them.

 

[ms spock]

I am still struggling but I am doing much more. I am doing better. I am busting down distorted thinking more and more.

 

[whiteraven]

All of these.

 

[ms spock]

@Lionheart777 you might find this thread interesting?

 

[Cypress]

This isn’t on the list but I wonder if others who have gone a long time without treatment experienced this or if it’s just my own delusional thinking. I’ve had PTSD since my early teens and at some point began to believe that my PTSD symptoms were part of my personality. My thoughts for years have been along the lines of “I’m just a shy, anxious person with a hot temper”.

 

[Lionheart]

Emotional reasoning- I feel as though I have been abandoned by my extended family members so that I think that I really have been...however, nothing could be further from the truth....they are just busy working and trying to get caught up on their bills.

 

[ms spock]

Emotional reasoning.

 

[Rani G2]

I am getting ready for the battle - I shouldnt become a sissy.. you never know when someone is going to attack you. Get hard