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Distortions Unlimited is a Halloween prop, animatronic and mask company and online store. Making mosters for over 40 years, Distortions specializes in making props, animatronics, shocktronics, costumes and masks for Halloween, theme parks, home and yard haunters, haunted houses, and the entertainment industry.
a change to the intended or true meaning of something: a gross distortion of the facts. Nobody has challenged his distortions on education and the economy. More examples. Fewer examples. They are furthering their agenda through lies and distortion.
a change to the intended or true meaning of something: a gross distortion of the facts. Nobody has challenged his distortions on education and the economy. More examples. Fewer examples. They are furthering their agenda through lies and distortion.
A distortion is a change, twist, or exaggeration that makes something appear different from the way it really is. You can distort an image, a thought, or even an idea. To say that I never take out the garbage is a distortion of the facts.
- Filtering
- Polarization Or All-Or-Nothing Thinking
- Overgeneralization
- Discounting The Positive
- Jumping to Conclusions
- Catastrophizing
- Personalization
- Control Fallacies
- Fallacy of Fairness
- Blaming
Mental filtering is draining and straining all positives in a situation and, instead, dwelling on its negatives. Even if there are more positive aspects than negative in a situation or person, you focus on the negatives exclusively.
Polarized thinking is thinking about yourself and the world in an “all-or-nothing” way. When you engage in thoughts of black or white, with no shades of gray, this type of cognitive distortion is leading you. All-or-nothing thinking usually leads to extremely unrealistic standards for yourself and others that could affect your relationships and mot...
When you overgeneralize something, you take an isolated negative event and turn it into a never-ending pattern of loss and defeat. With overgeneralization, words like “always,” “never,” “everything,” and “nothing” are frequent in your train of thought. Overgeneralization can also manifest in your thoughts about the world and its events.
Discounting positives is similar to mental filtering. The main difference is that you dismiss it as something of no value when you do think of positive aspects.
When you jump to conclusions, you interpret an event or situation negatively without evidence supporting such a conclusion. Then, you react to your assumption. Jumping to conclusions or “mind-reading” is often in response to a persistent thought or concern of yours.
Catastrophizing is related to jumping to conclusions. In this case, you jump to the worst possible conclusion in every scenario, no matter how improbable it is. This cognitive distortion often comes with “what if” questions. What if he didn’t call because he got into an accident? What if she hasn’t arrived because she really didn’t want to spend ti...
Personalization leads you to believe that you’re responsible for events that, in reality, are completely or partially out of your control. This cognitive distortion often results in you feeling guilty or assigning blame without contemplating all factors involved. With personalizing, you also take things personally.
The word fallacy refers to an illusion, misconception, or error. Control fallacies can go two opposite ways: You either feel responsible or in control of everything in your and other people’s lives, or you feel you have no control at all over anything in your life. In this example, you place all control of your behavior on someone else or an extern...
This cognitive distortion refers to measuring every behavior and situation on a scale of fairness. Finding that other people don’t assign the same value of fairness to the event makes you resentful. In other words, you believe you know what’s fair and what isn’t, and it upsets you when other people disagree with you. The fallacy of fairness will le...
Blaming refers to making others responsible for how you feel. “You made me feel bad” is what usually defines this cognitive distortion. However, even when others engage in hurtful behaviors, you’re still in control of how you feel in most situations. The distortion comes from believing that others have the power to affect your life, even more so th...
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noun. an act or instance of distorting. the state of being distorted distorted or the relative degree or amount by which something is distorted distorted or distorts. anything that is distorted, distorted, as a sound, image, fact, etc.
May 4, 2022 · Cognitive distortions are internal mental filters or biases that fuel anxiety and make us feel bad about ourselves. These filters can cause us to devolve into counterproductive brooding that can worsen depression or anxiety and stall positive lifestyle changes. So how can you recognize and overcome these distortions?
