Examples: A friend responds to a statement. You misinterpret their response and insult them. An opportunity comes up and you fail to act. A friend of yours is being ridiculed and you don’t come to his or her defense.
One mistake, a failure to act or a bad choice and you label yourself a “jerk”, a “failure”
a “wimp”.
An attempt to get a date is unsuccessful, and you say, “I will never get a date” or “I’ll always be a loser when it comes to love.”
When you generalize, you are concluding based on one specific incident.
What assumptions are you making when you come to these conclusions?
What happens when you combine generalizations for example; “I couldn’t get a date, so no one will ever want me, so I must be a…”?
How can this kind of distorted thinking become an obstacle to you moving forward in your life and prevent you from achieving the results you want?
