Cognitive Distortion Examples

Wheel entries:

• -I don't want to talk to new people because if it's awkward then my social life will be over, and I'll never have any friends
• -I forgot to text my friend back. I'm a terrible friend.
• -I messed up. I'm so stupid.
• -I need to go to residential ED treatment but it's fine, I'm not even sick
• -I should always be productive. I shouldn't just sit around.
• -I should be able to handle this on my own. I don't need to ask for help.
• -I worked really hard to get 100% today, but I had one meal that I couldn't finish so this whole day was a failure
• -I'm feeling anxious about giving a presentation in class, so I'm going to fail.
• -If I don't wash my hands right away, then I'm going to get sick and have to go to the hospital and miss out on the rest of the school year and be put in a coma
• -If I eat this fear food, then I am going to gain a bunch of weight
• -If I go to treatment for my ED, then I will be there forever
• -My therapist told me that I'm doing a really good job but they're just saying that to be nice
• -Nothing ever works out for me. Whenever something good happens, something bad always happens right after
• -You don't TP a meal, so you figure there is no point in even trying it
• -You're thinking about joining a new activity at school. You keep questioning it. What if I fail? What if I don't make any friends? What if I don't end up liking it?
• -Your friend left you on read, so you think they hate you