Types of negative thinking, continued. Overgeneralization: make a general universal rule from one isolated event. Global labeling: automatically use disparaging labels to describe yourself. Filtering: pay attention selectively to the negative, disregarding the positive. Polarized thinking: group things into absolute black and white categories, assuming that you must be perfect or you are worthless. Self-blame: persistently blame yourself for things that may not be your fault. Personalization: assume that everything has something to do with you, negatively comparing yourself to everyone else. Mind reading: feel that people don’t like you or are angry with you without any real evidence. Control fallacies: feel that you have total responsibility for everybody and everything, or that you have no control as a helpless victim. Emotional reasoning: believe that things are the way you feel about them.
