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Smilah rachamah rahim al al-Iram

al-Ama al-Oa-Sala al-Oa-Sala al-Sulae al-A.

In this mini little series, I'm going to talk about what's known as cognitive distortions.

So these are basically flawed thinking patterns that we may have during this time of the coronavirus,

and it's a great time for us to reflect and see

if any of these distortions are affecting our daily lives. So basically we are going to be thinking

about thinking. What are some cognitive distortions or ways of thinking which are not positive or healthy for us to have?

The first one I want to cover is

something known as all or nothing thinking. So an example of this is that

let's say you're on a diet and you have you know a little cheat meal or you have a few

chips which you weren't supposed to eat and let's say you were on this diet for six months

now you feel like oh I didn't a car And let's say you were on this diet for six months.

Now you feel like, oh, I didn't accomplish anything.

It's like either I'm 100% on the diet or I get nothing.

And then what happens?

We get discouraged and we start to not want to continue our goal.

I work with a lot of clients and substance abuse and I had a client one time. had a relapse which is not uncommon in recovery.

It was a small amount but what we try to do is say look that happened but for the last six months

or eight months or nine months you've been sober,

let's not just discount that and just say no it's either all or nothing, I'm never

going to make a mistake. And this is crucial with our relationship to

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