384 Cognitive Distortion: Is Your Emotional Brain Playing Tricks on You?

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Terri Cole

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🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Do you struggle with repetitive negative thoughts? We all experience some degree of negativity when it comes to our thoughts and feelings, but if it is frequent or intense, it can get in the way of your highest potential in your life, in your career, and in your relationships. From a psychological perspective, an exaggerated or perseverating pattern of thought not based on facts is a cognitive distortion. It is our emotional brains convincing us to believe negative things about ourselves, others, and our situations without concrete evidence. In today’s episode, you’ll learn more about how cognitive distortions can show up in our lives and wreak havoc on our self-esteem and our interpersonal relationships. So if you are struggling with negative thoughts or feel like there’s a negative filter on your brain- take heart, you can achieve more mastery over your emotional brain (so it stops playing tricks on you)! Find the show notes for today's episode at terricole.com/384 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, hello and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole show that I'm going to start
0:04.4	with a question.
0:06.1	Are your emotional thoughts, is your emotional mind playing tricks on you?
0:13.2	So do you struggle with repeated negative thoughts and feelings?
0:18.0	And the negative thoughts create the negative feelings.
0:21.3	If you're nodding your head, yes, then this episode is for you because in today's episode
0:25.0	I am breaking down the concept of cognitive distortion and I'm giving you some steps
0:31.0	that you can take to have more mastery over your emotions.
0:36.2	So if you are new here, my name is Terry Cole and I'm a licensed psychotherapist and the
0:40.4	author of BoundaryBoss, which you can get at boundarybossbook.com.
0:44.9	And I just want to say thank you, thank you, thank you for spending time with me today
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1:27.7	I'm a psychotherapist and often recommend the Terry Cole show to boundary challenge patients.
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