A student posted this:

Yesterday a friend shared with me his work through the "Feeling Good Handbook" by Dr. David Burns. First chapter starts with a list of "twisted thoughts" to watch out for. Ten types of Twisted Thinking 1 - All or Nothing "If I didn't get ALL I wanted, I've got nothing." "If it isn't perfect, it's worthless." 2 - Overgeneralization "This ALWAYS happens to me." "You NEVER do things right." "I just can't keep nice things." 3 - Mental Filter Why listen to what people are actually saying when you can just put your own thoughts into their mouths? 4 - Discounting the Positive The good part was a fluke, or easy, or unimportant-- like getting back a score of 99 out of a 100 and spending all day wondering, what did I miss? 5 - Jumping to Conclusions You didn't smile when I came home-- you've fallen out of love with and are going to leave me. 6 - Magnification My ice cream has hit the sidewalk and my life is ruined. 7 - Emotional Reasoning "I wouldn't hit you if you didn't make me mad." "I feel hurt-- you are abusing me." 8 - Should Statements Coulda, woulda, shoulda, must, ought, have to-- anything but what can be done now. (Also known as "musterbation". 9 - Labeling "She's a Total Loser." When past mistakes define present identity and eliminate future potential. 10 - Personalization/Blame "He wouldn't hit me if I didn't make him mad." "It's all my fault." This list had such an impact that I did it up as a restaurant take-out menu-- I can be heard murmuring, "and that's a number ten" as I catch myself or someone in my household twisting." Through the creative process of making the menu, I spotted the commonality-- that these are all different ways of re-playing favorite patterns instead of being present in reality and dealing with the discomfort of real-life, real-time constant reassessment.