Errors in Thinking that Create Anxiety

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. All-or-nothing thinking: Looking at things in black-or-white categories, with no middle ground (“If I fall short of perfection, I’m a total failure.”)

2. Overgeneralization: Generalizing from a single negative experience, expecting it to hold true forever (“I didn’t get hired for the job. I’ll never get any job.”)

3. The mental filter: Focusing on the negatives while filtering out all the positives. Noticing the one thing that went wrong, rather than all the things that went right.

4. Diminishing the positive: Coming up with reasons why positive events don’t count (“I did well on the presentation, but that was just dumb luck.”)

5. Jumping to conclusions: Making negative interpretations without actual evidence. You act like a mind reader (“I can tell she secretly hates me.”) or a fortune teller (“I just know something terrible is going to happen.”)

6. Catastrophizing: Expecting the worst-case scenario to happen (“The pilot said we’re in for some turbulence. The plane’s going to crash!”)

7. Emotional reasoning: Believing that the way you feel reflects reality (“I feel frightened right now. That must mean I’m in real physical danger.”)

8. ‘Shoulds’ and ‘should-nots’: Holding yourself to a strict list of what you should and shouldn’t do and beating yourself up if you break any of the rule

9. Labeling: Labeling yourself based on mistakes and perceived shortcomings (“I’m a failure; an idiot; a loser.”)

10. Personalization: Assuming responsibility for things that are outside your control (“It’s my fault my son got in an accident. I should have warned him to drive carefully in the rain.”)

Source: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anxiety_self_help.htm

compassionatereminders:

Health is not a virtue and illness is not a character flaw or a moral failing. People who are healthy aren’t healthy because they did everything right. People who are sick aren’t sick because they did something wrong. Illness, both mental and physical, can hit literally anyone at any time. Good people aren’t exempt from suffering, so let’s kill the idea that if someone’s sick, it must be because they’re doing something wrong. That’s not how it works. The world isn’t fair like that.

itspusspeepers:

He has a permit.

midnight-spectrum-again:

potion-junkie:

trainzelda:

Honestly danny phantom would be the perfect candidate for a cartoon like she-ra where like 20 years in the future it gets a reboot that realizes the concept to its full potential and has more overtly queer themes this time. That’s my dream anyway

We could probably get it sooner if we kill Butch Hartman.

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duskodair:

im queer as in gay, yes, but also queer as in really very peculiar

justtteddy:

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DOPE MONK SHIT

starredanise:

avatar: the last airbender but make it more south & southeast asian ❤️

inspired by the preexisting but somewhat lesser known references to S&SEA culture in avatar’s worldbuilding, i wanted to showcase a few of the many outfits that originate from this diverse region that i’m proud to be from! i’m still no expert, but learning more and drawing this has made me so joyful and appreciative of our cultures 😌

whitmoreindustries:
“avoiding my responsibilities to draw atlantis art is okay with me
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whitmoreindustries:

avoiding my responsibilities to draw atlantis art is okay with me

verdiris:

I just HAD to draw yasha kicking ass in a dress 👏

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(this is my half of an art collab with artificialmagpie on insta, I do lineart and shell colour it!)

retrogamingblog:

90s Nostalgia Stickers made by Aly Jones