Feeling Good: Overcome Depression and Anxiety with Proven Techniques

by David D. Burns

idiosyncratic

prophylaxis

Part of being human means getting upset from time to time,

"dysthymic

facade

is not the actual events but your perceptions that result in changes in mood. When you are sad, your thoughts will represent a realistic interpretation of

1.All-or-Nothing Thinking. This refers to your tendency to evaluate

The technical name for this type of perceptual error is

"dichotomous thinking."

You see everything as black or white—shades of gr...

affront

3.Mental Filter. You

"selective abstraction." It is a bad habit that can cause you to suffer much needless anguish.

Disqualifying the Positive.

"reverse alchemy."

fluke.

inadvertently

Jumping to Conclusions.

obnoxious

6.Magnification and Minimization. Another thinking

Emotional Reasoning.

dud."

Labeling and Mislabeling.

Personalization. This

hoax

Your emotions follow your thoughts just as surely as baby ducks follow their mother.

"goofing

treatise

despicable,

vilifies

iota

is all-or-nothing thinking. If you see life only in such extreme categories, you will believe your performance will be

Not only is this all-or-nothing system of self-evaluation highly unrealistic and self-defeating, it creates overwhelming

confided

lurks

cathartic

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1. Talk Back to That Internal Critic! A

goofed

crappy"

crappy.

gimmicky.

lurk.

Mental Biofeedback.

haranguing

3.Cope, Don't Mope!—

vehemence

dejected.

flunk