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The opposite of personalization; holding other people responsible for the harm they cause, and especially for their intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress. Example: someone blames their spouse entirely for marital problems, instead of looking at their own part in the problems. | The opposite of personalization; holding other people responsible for the harm they cause, and especially for their intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress. Example: someone blames their spouse entirely for marital problems, instead of looking at their own part in the problems. | ||
==Disqualifying the | ==Disqualifying the Positive== | ||
Discounting positive events. | Discounting positive events. Example: Upon receiving a congratulation, a person dismisses it out-of-hand, believing it to be undeserved, and automatically interpreting the compliment (at least inwardly) as an attempt at flattery or perhaps as arising out of naïveté. | ||
Example: Upon receiving a congratulation, a person dismisses it out-of-hand, believing it to be undeserved, and automatically interpreting the compliment (at least inwardly) as an attempt at flattery or perhaps as arising out of naïveté. | |||
==Emotional reasoning== | ==Emotional reasoning== | ||
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Example: After receiving comments about a work presentation, a person focuses on the single critical comment and ignores what went well. | Example: After receiving comments about a work presentation, a person focuses on the single critical comment and ignores what went well. | ||
==Jumping to conclusions== | ==Jumping to conclusions== | ||
Reaching preliminary conclusions (usually negative) from little (if any) evidence. Two specific subtypes are identified: | Reaching preliminary conclusions (usually negative) from little (if any) evidence. Two specific subtypes are identified: | ||
*Mind reading: Inferring a person's possible or probable (usually negative) thoughts from their behavior and nonverbal communication; taking precautions against the worst reasonably suspected case or some other preliminary conclusion, without asking the person. | *Mind reading: Inferring a person's possible or probable (usually negative) thoughts from their behavior and nonverbal communication; taking precautions against the worst reasonably suspected case or some other preliminary conclusion, without asking the person. | ||
Example: A student assumes the readers of their paper have already made up their mind concerning its topic, and therefore writing the paper is a pointless exercise. | Example: A student assumes the readers of their paper have already made up their mind concerning its topic, and therefore writing the paper is a pointless exercise. | ||
*Fortune-telling: predicting outcomes (usually negative) of events. | *Fortune-telling: predicting outcomes (usually negative) of events. Example: Being convinced of failure before a test, when the student is in fact prepared. | ||
Example: Being convinced of failure before a test, when the student is in fact prepared. | |||
==Labeling and mislabeling== | ==Labeling and mislabeling== | ||
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Example: A teenager is too afraid to start driver's training because he believes he would get himself into an accident. | Example: A teenager is too afraid to start driver's training because he believes he would get himself into an accident. | ||
==Overgeneralization== | ==Overgeneralization== | ||
Making hasty generalizations from insufficient experiences and evidence. Making a very broad conclusion based on a single incident or a single piece of evidence. If something bad happens only once, it is expected to happen over and over again. | Making hasty generalizations from insufficient experiences and evidence. Making a very broad conclusion based on a single incident or a single piece of evidence. If something bad happens only once, it is expected to happen over and over again.Example: A person is lonely and often spends most of her time at home. Her friends sometimes ask her to come out for dinner and meet new people. She feels it is useless to try to meet people. No one really could like her. | ||
==Personalization== | ==Personalization== | ||
Attributing personal responsibility, including the resulting praise or blame, for events over which a person has no control. | Attributing personal responsibility, including the resulting praise or blame, for events over which a person has no control. | ||
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Doing, or expecting others to do, what they morally should or ought to do irrespective of the particular case the person is faced with. This involves conforming strenuously to ethical categorical imperatives which, by definition, "always apply", or to hypothetical imperatives which apply in that general type of case. Albert Ellis termed this "musturbation". Psychotherapist Michael C. Graham describes this as "expecting the world to be different than it is". | Doing, or expecting others to do, what they morally should or ought to do irrespective of the particular case the person is faced with. This involves conforming strenuously to ethical categorical imperatives which, by definition, "always apply", or to hypothetical imperatives which apply in that general type of case. Albert Ellis termed this "musturbation". Psychotherapist Michael C. Graham describes this as "expecting the world to be different than it is". | ||
Example: After a performance, a concert pianist believes he or she should not have made so many mistakes. | Example: After a performance, a concert pianist believes he or she should not have made so many mistakes. David Burns' Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy clearly distinguishes between pathological "should statements", moral imperatives, and social norms. | ||
David Burns' Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy clearly distinguishes between pathological "should statements", moral imperatives, and social norms. | |||
==Splitting== | ==Splitting== | ||
(All-or-nothing thinking or dichotomous reasoning) | (All-or-nothing thinking or dichotomous reasoning) | ||
Evaluating the self, as well as events in life in extreme terms. It’s either all good or all bad, either black or white, nothing in between. Causing every small imperfection to seem incredibly dangerous and painful. Splitting involves using terms like "always", "every" or "never" when this is neither true nor equivalent to the truth. Example: When an admired person makes a minor mistake, the admiration is turned into contempt. | Evaluating the self, as well as events in life in extreme terms. It’s either all good or all bad, either black or white, nothing in between. Causing every small imperfection to seem incredibly dangerous and painful. Splitting involves using terms like "always", "every" or "never" when this is neither true nor equivalent to the truth. Example: When an admired person makes a minor mistake, the admiration is turned into contempt. | ||
==Cognitive restructuring== | ==Cognitive restructuring== | ||
Cognitive restructuring (CR) is a popular form of therapy used to identify and break down maladaptive cognitive distortions. It is typically used with individuals with depression.[8] CR therapies aim to eliminate "automatic thoughts" which create dysfunctional or negative views for individuals. Cognitive restructuring is the main component of Beck's and Burns's cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). | Cognitive restructuring (CR) is a popular form of therapy used to identify and break down maladaptive cognitive distortions. It is typically used with individuals with depression.[8] CR therapies aim to eliminate "automatic thoughts" which create dysfunctional or negative views for individuals. Cognitive restructuring is the main component of Beck's and Burns's cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). | ||
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Exaggeration and minimization are commonly adopted by narcissists to manage and defend against psychic pain. | Exaggeration and minimization are commonly adopted by narcissists to manage and defend against psychic pain. | ||
==Decatastrophizing== | ==Decatastrophizing== | ||
In cognitive therapy, decatastrophizing or decatastrophization is a cognitive restructuring technique to treat cognitive distortions, such as magnification and catastrophizing, commonly seen in psychological disorders like anxiety | In cognitive therapy, decatastrophizing or decatastrophization is a cognitive restructuring technique to treat cognitive distortions, such as magnification and catastrophizing, commonly seen in psychological disorders like anxiety and psychosis. | ||
==Confusion Principle== | |||
[[Confusion]] is the state of being bewildered or unclear in one’s mind about something, which leads to [[Cognitive Distortion]]. Cognitive distortions tend to interfere with the way a person perceives an event. Mental confusion is sometimes accompanied by disordered consciousness (the loss of linear thinking) and memory loss. States of mental confusion and cognitive distortion are increased dramatically when being overloaded by stress and when taking any kind of alcohol or drugs. | |||
The most common way to confuse someone is to simply overload them with information, bureaucracy or demands that they cannot process and to which will lead them to feel utterly overwhelmed. In simple terms, its consistently throwing things at them until they collapse from the weight of it all, wearing them down until they cannot take it anymore. Sometimes it’s making demands or placing rules on the circumstances that actually do not make any sense at all, in order to confuse them further. Most people have been conditioned to accept that there are predictable patterns in the world in order to make sense of their environment, which gives the illusion of personal control, certainty and safety. When that person’s predictable pattern breaks apart and they are set up in a unexpected shock or surprise, they feel they have lost control and this will generate mental confusion and uncertainty. How well we cope with stress and uncertainty, will help us learn from the experiences which can strengthen us for the next time it happens. This is why we emphasize maintaining present moment [[Observer Point|observer consciousness and neutrality]], as this radically diffuses mental tensions while keeping you stronger in the face of confusing challenges.<ref>[https://energeticsynthesis.com/resource-tools/blog-timeline-shift/3271-confusion-principle Confusion Principle Blog]</ref> | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
[[Negative Ego]] | |||
[[Ego Defense Mechanism]] | |||
[[Category:Ascension]][[Category:Newsletter]] | [[Category:Ascension]][[Category:Newsletter]] | ||