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In this lesson we'll discuss the second cognitive distortion. It's called "Overgeneralization"

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Overgeneralization is kind of like having a bird poop on your car and saying “Why is it always my car that pooped on?”

One negative event happens, and you see it as a never ending pattern of defeat.

It’s kind of like all or nothing thinking, but all or nothing is when you define yourself as successful or a total failure.

Overgeneralization is more like dropping ice cream on your shirt and saying “ugh, I always get ice cream on my shirt.”

You make one mistake and think, “I always make this mistake.”

Or you can overgeneralize the future with thoughts like, “I’ll never get girlfriend.”

Do you see why that’s a cognitive distortion?

The event only happened once, but you think as if it’s happened over and over, and it will keep happening.

This is what the world looks like through the glasses of overgeneralization.

The key to overcoming it is to recognize that among the negative events, there are many positive events as well.

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