clipped from: www.pickthebrain.com Over-generalization: one negative thing occurs and you convince yourself that it is going to happen in all other similar situations.
Emotional reasoning: you feel a certain way, so you think it must be the truth.
All-or-nothing thinking: you see things in black and white. Either things are totally great or a disaster.
Mental filter: you only remember the negative things that have happened to you during the course of life and shut out all the positive things.
Should statements: you try to motivate yourself by dwelling on the things you think you should be able to do.
Mind-reading: you conclude that someone is thinking something negative about you.