distorted thinking

distorted thinking

Psychology
Any of a number of “emotional traps” that prevent a person from dealing with negative emotions, such as all-or-nothing thinking, overgeneralisation, mental filtering or personalising blame.

distorted thinking

Psychology Any of a number of 'emotional traps' that prevent a person from addressing negative emotions Forms of DT All-or-nothing thinking, overgeneralization, mental filtering, personalizing blame. See Cognitive therapy, Dereitic thought, Distortion break, Humanistic psychology, Magical thinking, Thinking.