Why it matters
Maintains emotional suffering.
Core term · Aaron Beck · Frederic Bartlett
Cognitive Distortions
Habitual thinking traps — catastrophizing, all-or-nothing — that bend reality.
Areas of life
Moodconflictself-esteem
How to handle it
Test the thought against evidence and alternatives.
Who shaped this idea
The thinkers behind it
From concept to practice
Turn Cognitive Distortions into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.