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          Recently in my Organizational Lecture, my lecturer Mehan introduced us to the term ‘Cognitive Disstortion’ or we can even call it as ‘cognitive dissonance’. You may question what is Cognitive Distortion? What has it got to do with you and your life? Well, as a matter of fact Cognitive Distortion happens in everyone’s everyday life. So, lets get a clearer idea what is Cognitive Distortion ok?

                    Cognitive Distortion is a situation when our thoughts are inconsistent with our beliefs. It is “a psychological phenomenon which refers to the discomfort felt at a discrepancy between what you already know or believe, and new information or interpretation. It therefore occurs when there is a need to accommodate new ideas, and it may be necessary for it develop so that we become ‘open’ to them.” It’s that queasy feeling that rises often in your gut online and screams, “I DON’T BELIEVE THAT!”. Cognitive Distortion happens when we feel like doing something but our mental thought tells us ‘it ain’t gonna work!’

                  Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Which came first, the depression or the pessimistic thoughts? I can’t answer the first question, but the answer to the latter may surprise you.

                   In many cases, depression actually is the result of habitual negative thoughts. When bad things happen, we begin chastising ourselves with thoughts such as: I’m no good, I’m a total failure or Nothing ever goes my way. Our feelings follow what we are thinking, and negative thoughts like these can send us spiraling down into depression.

                This concept is the guiding principle behind cognitive therapy, a type of psychotherapy developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck in the 1960s. If we think something often enough, we begin to believe it’s true and our feelings match what we are thinking about ourselves. To conquer depression, we must stop those automatic negative thoughts and replace them with more positive, truthful ones. By nipping these thoughts in the bud, we can halt depression before it even starts.

              Cognitive therapy is directed at 10 common cognitive distortions, or faulty thought patterns, that send us into depression. See if you recognize yourself in any of these.

•  All-or-Nothing Thinking: John recently applied for a promotion in his firm. The job went to another employee with more experience. John wanted this job badly and now feels that he will never be promoted. He feels that he is a total failure in his career.
• Overgeneralization:  Linda is lonely and often spends most of her time at home. Her friends sometimes ask her to come out for dinner and meet new people. Linda feels that that is it useless to try to meet people. No one really could like her. People are all mean and superficial anyway.
• Mental Filter:  Mary is having a bad day. As she drives home, a kind gentleman waves her to go ahead of him as she merges into traffic. Later in her trip, another driver cuts her off. She grumbles to herself that there are nothing but rude and insensitive people in her city.
• Disqualifying the Positive: Rhonda just had her portrait made. Her friend tells her how beautiful she looks. Rhonda brushes aside the compliment by saying that the photographer must have touched up the picture. She never looks that good in real life, she thinks.
• Jumping to Conclusions: Chuck is waiting for his date at a restaurant. She’s now 20 minutes late. Chuck laments to himself that he must have done something wrong and now she has stood him up. Meanwhile, across town, his date is stuck in traffic.
• Magnification and Minimization: Scott is playing football. He bungles a play that he’s been practicing for weeks. He later scores the winning touchdown. His teammates compliment him. He tells them he should have played better; the touchdown was just dumb luck.
• Emotional Reasoning: Laura looks around her untidy house and feels overwhelmed by the prospect of cleaning. She feels that it’s hopeless to even try to clean.
• Should Statements: David is sitting in his doctor’s waiting room. His doctor is running late. David sits stewing, thinking, “With how much I’m paying him, he should be on time. He ought to have more consideration.” He ends up feeling bitter and resentful.
• Labeling and Mislabeling: Donna just cheated on her diet. I’m a fat, lazy pig, she thinks.
• Personalization: 

Jean’s son is doing poorly in school. She feels that she must be a bad mother. She feels that it’s all her fault that he isn’t studying.

If we ever found any of the above ideas are familiar to us or even happen in our lives, then you are considered to suffer from cognitive distortion. Get motivational advice and motivate yourself to overcome this to happen in your life. You can also refer to the ‘MOTIVATION’ category of my blog to see which that can help you overcome Cognitive Distortion.

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Hi Guys!

I just want to share with you all about a personality test which is very useful in our live. This personality test is called the MBTI test which is very famous world wide. It is also called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

It enables you to understand your own personality so that you are able to excel in yourself. By knowing yourself, you would be easier to improve and find ways to help yourself in your life.

Please follow this link: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

After you had done this test, 4 letters will appear. It will show your result. However, the meaning of the 4 letter word I will post it for your understanding about the personality of you on the next post.

Remember: BE HONEST WITH THE TEST AND ANSWER IT ACCORDING TO WHO YOU ARE, NOT WHO YOU WANT TO BE.

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