Recognising critical thoughts

• Card 1

  Common patterns of critical thinking

  • All-or-nothing language: “always”, “never”, “completely failed”
  • Global attacks on your character rather than a specific action: “I'm so stupid” rather than “that was a mistake”
  • Mind-reading: assuming others are judging you harshly
  • Comparison: measuring yourself against others and always coming up short
  • Predicting failure before you've even started

• Card 2

  You might notice the critic has a particular tone or even sounds like a specific person from your past. That's worth noting gently, without needing to do anything about it yet.

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