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Magnifying negative details while ignoring positives in a situation.
Seeing things as either perfect or failures, with no middle ground.
Generalising from a single incident or small sample.
Assuming you know what others are thinking without evidence.
Expecting the worst-case scenario in every situation.
Believing that others' actions are reactions to you.
Either feeling externally controlled or blaming yourself for everything.
Constantly feeling that life is unfair to you.
Blaming others or yourself for problems.
Rigidly imposing expectations on yourself and others.
Believing that your feelings define reality.
Trying to change others to find happiness.
Overgeneralising and using negative labels without reason.
Always needing to be right, even at the expense of others' feelings.
Believing that your sacrifices will eventually be rewarded as if by a cosmic force.