Many of our thoughts actually go beyond the inherent meaning of reality. The parts that exceed this are what we call
This past month, with my therapist on summer vacation, I took it upon myself to study some psychological content. In the process, I came across two charts provided by David D. Burns, which I found very interesting.
Cognitive Distortion Comparison Chart
This model was first proposed by David D. Burns in 1984 and was revised in 2003.
(All-or-Nothing Thinking, AON). Your world is absolute, either black or white, with no gray areas. (Overgeneralization, OG). You think bad things will never end, or regard one failure as a permanent one, and you also tell yourself: "I always do this!" (Mental Filter, MF). You only see the negative side of things and completely ignore the positive side. (Discounting the Positive, DP). You insist that your achievements or positive qualities are trivial. Even without concrete evidence, one quickly arrives at a negative conclusion.
(Mind-Reading, MR). Feeling that everyone looks at oneself through tinted glasses, thinking poorly of oneself. (Fortune Telling, FT). You always feel that everything will end in failure.
(Self-Blame, SB). Every time a problem arises, regardless of whether it is your responsibility or not, you will blame yourself. (Other-Blame, OB). Whenever a problem arises, you ignore your own issues and constantly blame others.
Common self-attacking beliefs
This model was proposed by David D. Burns in 2003.
Achievement
:Believe that they cannot fail and cannot make mistakes. :Believe that if they are not perfect or show vulnerability, others will not like or accept them. :Believe that their life value depends on their achievements, intelligence, talents, status, income, or appearance.
Love
: Need everyone's approval to feel valuable. : Believe that without being loved, they wouldn't feel happy and satisfied; believe that without being loved, life would become insignificant. : Believing that if one is rejected, it means there is something wrong with oneself; if left alone, life will certainly be extremely bleak and miserable.
Obedience
: Believing that one must make others happy, even if the process makes oneself very unhappy. : Believes that everyone should respect and love each other, and should not argue or fight. : Believes that all problems arising in relationships are their own problems.
Absolute requirements
: Believes that all the problems arising in relationships are the problems of others. : Believes that everyone should treat oneself according to one's imagined ideal. : Believing oneself to be the sole possessor of truth.
Depression
: Believing that one's problems can never be solved and that one can never truly attain happiness and satisfaction. :Believe oneself to be a worthless "defective product," inferior to others.
Anxiety
:Believe that one should feel happy, confident, and capable of self-control. :Believe that anger is dangerous and it's not acceptable to be angry. :Believe that one should not feel sad, anxious, unsatisfied, jealous, or vulnerable; think that all emotions should be hidden and negative energy should not be passed on to others. :Believe that the people they care about are extremely ungrateful, powerful, and want to control them. : Believing that everyone thinks the same way. If one person looks down on oneself, this emotion will spread quickly like a brushfire, and soon everyone will dislike oneself. : Believing that when speaking to others, it is as if performing under a spotlight; believing that unless one makes an effort to be very interesting or wise, others won't like oneself. : Believe that if they worry enough, everything will turn out fine.
Others
: Believe that they should never feel frustrated and think life must always go smoothly. :Believe that they must be strong and cannot be weak.
, you might as well check the two tables mentioned above. Maintaining a calm attitude can solve the majority of problems.