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Cognitive Distortions and Autism: How Many Do YOU Have?

Auticate with Chris & Debby

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What are cognitive distortions, and why are they common for autistic people? Learn about 8 common cognitive distortions and how you can manage them to improve your life.

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⏰ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
2:14 "Should" & "Must" Statements
4:01 Magnifying Negatives, Minimizing Positives
5:34 Overgeneralization
7:09 Emotional Reasoning
8:31 Mind Reading
9:21 Catastrophizing
10:41 Personalization
12:04 Black & White (All or Nothing) Thinking

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20 Comments

@Auticate Creator 1 year ago Pinned

Which of these do you experience the most? Have you found any ways to combat the brain gremlins? Drop your thoughts in the comments ⤵and remember that most of the time, these cognitive distortions aren't reality, so also let us know if any ideas for adjusting your thinking help you 🙂

@anotheruser9876 1 year ago

We like to think of the worst case because we've been bullied so often that we need to prepare ourselves for the next bullying and being bullied is never a good thing.

@tamirundell8392 1 year ago

Cognitive Distortions

#1. Should and must statements
#2. Magnification of bad, minimization of good
#3. Overgeneralization
#4. Emotional reasoning
#5. Mind reading
#6. Catastrophizing
#7. Personalization
#8. Black or white (all or nothing) thinking

Thanks for watching!

@barbaragriswold7790 7 months ago

I do all of these. An example is when I worked at a library as a shelver. When someone was looking for a book that we should have and they could not find it. My brain went straight to…I messed up, I am going to get fired..I can’t do anything right. Then I thought about it. We had a circulation of 60,000 items and one book was misplaced. That ratio isn’t so bad because I shelved 59,999 items correctly.

@erikd4690 1 year ago

Last year, I realized that my moment-by-moment life was almost entirely composed of should statements. It. Was. Exhausting!

@elvwood 1 year ago

That's me, for all of these. One tip for those who are struggling to turn things around straight away: if you can't help mentioning bad stuff, use passive voice. When you've cooked a nice meal with one thing going wrong, don't open the conversation with "sorry I overcooked the cabbage"; say "the cabbage got a bit overcooked". It takes some of the sting out while you're working towards the next step of mentioning all the good things you've done instead.

@dellenga 1 year ago

I feel like literally all problems I have in my life were explaines in a 14 minute video and I wish I had this channel years ago

@LucienStorm 1 year ago

This video might be your finest acting to date.

@KJDogluv 1 year ago

I have at least 27.

@sarahlogan2075 1 year ago

You nailed them all! What resonated most with me was your comment about the effects of brain wiring and pattern seeking together. Put anxiety on top and it all makes so much sense.

@keirapendragon5486 1 year ago

Anxiety became much more manageable when I realized it's more like a "wait, we missing anything?" So I take quick stock and that reassures the anxiety that we're good.

@artistonthespectrum 1 year ago

I struggle with all of these at different times. These issues were a big part of seeking mental health support. Until I was diagnosed autistic with ADHD I suppressed it or worked around it so much I felt like I was losing the plot. Thanks for tackling the subject in your usual empathetic and funny way.

@jessicatupa4125 1 year ago

❤ I have to say it, I love you guys so much! I am a late diagnosed autistic psychotherapist myself. Your goofy humor is the absolute best while you are making this material and information hugely accessible to all of the spicy Brian’s! “I am in turkey hamster mode” I don’t know why that is so funny to me but I cannot stop laughing. 😅 seriously though thank you so much for the excellent work you do! 🙏

@andersemil 1 year ago

I suffer from paranoia and social anxiety. Its not paralyzing, im almost 50 and learnt to live with it, but its always there lurking and flaring up whenever I feel rejected or overlooked.

@kdcraft89 8 months ago

One way to spot these is when I notice I'm feeling tense, then track back to what I have been thinking. Then shift the thoughts.

@TheSaneHatter 1 year ago

The greater challenge, for me, is to count how many of these distortions my mind DOESN'T have, with #1 being practically the story of my life.

@williamgerke 1 year ago

This is much more informative and educational about cognitive distortions than all the explaining my therapist has tried doing.

@DrRyguy24 1 year ago

Love your channel and your videos. I do all of these and I had to fight back tears watching this video because these habits cause me so much pain and I don’t think I’ll ever get control over them. Thanks for letting me feel less alone

@mx_fee 1 year ago

Lmao not me seeing this as I'm in the middle of a meltdown caused by cognitive distortion 🥲

@juliegolick 1 year ago

One of the ways I give myself perspective is to say, "If this is the worst thing that happens to me today, it will have been an excellent day." Like... I may have stained my shirt. But if a stained shirt is the worst thing that happens to me today, my day has been objectively excellent. I'm still healthy, no one died, I have a safe place to live, etc. (On some really bad days, I can't make it all the way to "excellent," but most days I can.)

Another perspective-taking mantra I have comes from a conversation with my ex, who was a first responder. He used to tell me about his shifts, some of which were truly terrible. So I think to myself, "No matter what else happened today, at least I didn't have to fish a dead body out of a pool." (Something that actually happened to him.) Honestly, it puts a lot of my own problems into perspective.