Thought;Distortion
“He was created for me. No one can be compared to him”;All-or-nothing
“This decision was wrong. From now on none of my decisions could make me happy.”;Perfectionism
“Once I made a wrong choice, so I am now going to make mistakes all my life”;Overgeneralization
“I don’t understand anything about relationships. I can’t built relationships.”;Labeling
“I didn’t marry John so I will stay alone and unhappy for the rest of my life. I won’t have friends, everyone will abandon me.”;Catastrophization
“The fact, that John was an alcoholic, took drugs and was married 6 times, doesn’t mean that we couldn’t have been happy together.”;Magnification/minimization
“All my girlfriends are married. Without John I will never be as happy as they are.”;Comparison
“My mom is constantly reminding me that I missed the only opportunity to be happy. She is saying that I made a mistake but letting him go.”;Noncritical acceptance of critique
“I date other men, but it doesn’t mean anything. They are not really interested in me, because they know that I am stupid.”;Selective vision of a situation
“If I am as good as the others are saying, why did John leave me?”;Disqualifying or discounting the positive
“John should have known how I feel about him. I didn’t have to say anything.”;Mind reading
“The fact that I was not completely honest with John and he found out about Tom has nothing to do with him leaving. He just didn’t like me.”;Personalization
“I will never be happy. I will never find anyone else.”;Predicting Future
“I should have been more understanding. I shouldn’t have though just about myself, and only about him.”;”Should”and “must” statements
“I know, that I will never be happy. I feel it. I know it.”;Emotional reasoning