Thought Errors

He thinks I’m an idiot.

If you don’t look perfect, you must be disgusting to look at

A teenage boy thinks his mother is angry at him because she walks into the house and doesn’t say hello to him straight away.

I’m not going to make the team.

My world is over if I can't play Minecraft with my friends.

It's my fault she's angry.

I'm such a loser.

A girl hears a group of friends laughing at the back of the classroom and instantly assumes they are laughing at her.

I should do well; if I don’t, I’m a failure

Either you’re successful and high achieving, or you’re stupid and lazy

If you do something wrong, then you can’t do anything right

Those successes were easy so they don’t matter.

The team lost because of me.

If I talk, I will mess up and not say what I mean.

I scored 2 goals in soccer but I can't stop thinking about how no one cheered.

He’s horrible.

I feel like she doesn't like me, so she doesn't like me.

If I go, people will make fun of me.

A teenager waves to friend on the other side of the street and gets no response. Her conclusion – her friend hates her and wants nothing to do with her.

If I make a bad grade then I will never get into a good college.

I feel anxious, therefore I must be in danger.

If my boyfriend leaves me, I will never find true love anywhere else, and I will be alone forever

If I don’t check my social media soon, then I will miss out on the biggest thing to happen this century, and I won’t be able to talk to anyone!

Mum should always let me watch TV.

Someone hears a peer say something rude about them and now thinks that everyone at their school dislikes them and they have no real friends

It’s review time at your school, and your teacher compliments your hard work several times. In the end, they make one improvement suggestion. You leave the meeting feeling miserable and dwell on that one suggestion all day long