Black and white thinking, personalization, over generalization, jumping to conclusions. When does simple cognitive distortions become severe mental illness?
For example everybody personalizes things when they feel guilty like when someone says ‘oh that’s cool’ you might take that the wrong way. But let’s say someone is feeling very guilty he might think when someone dies on tv it’s because he thought a wrong thought. Where’s the line?
Here is a website that has common cognitive distortions: http://psychcentral.com/lib/15-common-cognitive-distortions/0002153
Which apply to you?