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No definition, but is best described as an accumulation of things.
A combination of
It feeds & reinforces itself
An example:
Loneliness
Guilt
The response or thought that readily pops into your head. They can have heavy effects on the emotions of those who put weight into them.
Thoughts and feelings are closely linked to behavior. For example, if you
think “I am a loser,” (thought) you might feel hopeless (feeling), and you
might give up (behavior). Or if you think you are in danger, you might feel
anxious or worried and might not leave your house.
Mayo Clinic 2007
Your thoughts are not always correct, accurate or helpful. Errors in thinking are common if you are addicted to alcohol or other substances. Although some automatic thoughts are true, many are either untrue or have just a grain of truth.
Mayo Clinic 2007
What the research & Sara says!
Psychoeductation
Mindfullness
Thought Interrupting & Replacing
Coping Skills
Willpower
Therapy
Practice
Patience & Grace
NO. But it is effective.
Hard things are still worth doing.
Key Terms
Resources
Interventions
Research
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Vu, Michael Ronald; Shum, Kathy Kar-man. (2019). The Moderating Effect of Mindfulness on the Mediated Relation Between Critical Thinking and Psychological Distress via Cognitive Distortions Among Adolescents
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 10.
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Maruna, S., & Mann, R. E. (2006). A fundamental attribution error? Rethinking cognitive distortions. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 11(2), 155–177. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532506X114608
Nurgul Yesilyaprak, Sedat Batmaz, Mesut Yildiz, Emrah Songur & Esma Akpinar Aslan (2019) Automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, dysfunctional attitudes, core beliefs, and ruminative response styles in unipolar major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder: a comparative study, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 29:4, 854-863, DOI: 10.1080/24750573.2019.1690815
Özparlak, & Karakaya, D. (2022). The associations of cognitive distortions with internet addiction and internet activities in adolescents: A cross‐sectional study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing., 35(4), 322–330. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12385
Sripada. (2022). Impaired control in addiction involves cognitive distortions and unreliable self-control, not compulsive desires and overwhelmed self-control. Behavioural Brain Research, 418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113639