{"id":35469,"date":"2019-04-08T13:11:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-motivasyon.net\/?p=35469"},"modified":"2023-01-30T22:42:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T22:42:55","slug":"depresyonun-temelini-olusturan-10-bilissel-carpitma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-motivasyon.net\/en\/depresyonun-temelini-olusturan-10-bilissel-carpitma.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Cognitive Distortions That Underly Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Depresyonun<\/a><\/p>\n

10 Cognitive Distortions That Underly Depression<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In his work, "Feeling Good," which has become a psychology classic, David Burns talks about 10 cognitive distortions that underlie depression. Accordingly, we need to realize this wrong thinking process in order to cope with the depressive thoughts that occupy our minds at certain times in our lives.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

All or Nothing Thought:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

This distortion means seeing your personal characteristics in extremes, such as black or white. All-or-nothing thinking is the foundation of perfectionism. You fear any wrong or mistake; because then you feel unsuccessful, incompetent, inadequate and worthless. It is unrealistic to judge things in this way; because life is seldom "either one way or the other". If you push your life to the limits of "absolute", you will always feel depressed; because your perceptions do not match the facts. You condemn yourself to not receive praise forever; because nothing you do can live up to your exaggerated expectations. The technical name for this perceptual fallacy is polar thinking. You see everything in black and white and there are no grays.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Overgeneralization:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

You conclude that if something happens to you, it will happen again and again. You feel sad because things are always unpleasant. A depressed salesman saw bird droppings on his car window and said, \u201cThis is my luck. Birds always find my glass,\u201d he said. When I questioned the past, he did not remember that he had pooped a bird on his window during his twenty-year travels. The pain of rejection almost always comes from overgeneralizing. A confrontation with the facts without overgeneralizing, while temporarily disappointing, does not cause serious discomfort.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mental Filter:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

It is the perception of the whole event as negative by focusing on a negative detail in an event. When you're depressed, it's like wearing glasses that filter out everything positive. Anything that clings to your consciousness is negative. Because you are not aware of this "mental filter", you decide that everything is negative. The technical name for this process is \u201cselective focusing\u201d. It is a bad habit that leads you to unnecessary pain.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Overriding the Positive:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Overriding the positive is the most destructive type of cognitive distortion. You are like the scientist seeking scientific support for his simple hypothesis. The hypothesis that dominates your depressive thoughts is usually of the "I'm second class" type. When you have a negative experience, \u201cHere; this proves what I have always thought\u201d. Conversely, a positive event is, \u201cIt was a coincidence. You say, "It doesn't count." The price you pay for this inclination is intense pain and ignorance of the good things that happen. This type of cognitive distortion is common and may be the basis of some severe and resistant types of depression.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonu\u00e7lara Adamak:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

You commit to a negative outcome that is incompatible with the realities of the situation. Two examples of this are \u201cmind reading\u201d and \u201cfortune telling\u201d. When mind-reading, you assume that other people humiliate you, and you are so convinced that you don't even need to research. Fortune telling is like having a magic ball that only tells you the pain. Thinking that something bad will happen and accepting this prediction as true even though it is unrealistic. Let's say the friend you called didn't get back to you in a timely manner. You thought your friend got the message but didn't care enough to call you back and you were upset. Your distortion? Mind reading. You were angry and did not want to call again; because, \u201cIf I call again, I'll be at the bottom. I'll make a fool of myself," you said. Feeling excluded because of these negative assumptions (fortune-telling), you avoided situations where you could meet your friend, and three weeks later you found out that your friend didn't actually get the message. It turns out that all this hassle is just bullshit you created yourself. Another painful product of your mental magic!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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