10 Cognitive Distortions That Can Cause Negative Thinking
All-or-Nothing Thinking All-or-nothing thinking is also known as black-and-white thinking or polarized thinking. This type of thinking involves viewing things in absolute terms: Situations are always black or white, everything or nothing, good or bad, success or failure. An example of all-or-nothing thinking is dwelling on mistakes and assuming you will never be able to do well, instead of acknowledging the error and trying to move past it. One way to overtime this cognitive distortion is to recognize that success and progress are not all-or-nothing concepts....