Jumping to the worst possible conclusion in every scenario, no matter how unrealistic it is.

The belief that you’re responsible for events that, in reality, are completely or partially out of your control.

Thinking about yourself and the world in an “all-or-nothing” way.

When you engage in thoughts of black or white thinking, with no 'gray'.

Interpreting an event or situation negatively without evidence supporting such a conclusion. Then, you react to your assumption.

A fallacy refers to an error or illusion. You either feel responsible or in control of everything in your and other people’s lives, or you feel you have no control at all over anything in your life.

Mental filtering is draining and straining all positives in a situation and, instead, dwelling on its negatives.

Even if there are more positive aspects than negative in a situation or person, you focus on the negatives exclusively.

Believing that the way you feel is a reflection of reality. “I feel this way about this situation, hence it must be a fact,” defines this cognitive distortion.

Dismissing something as if it is something of no value when you do think of positive aspects. Often seen in dismissing compliments or 'silver linings'.