OVERGENERALISATION AND MENTAL FILTER IN MENTAL HEALTH

OVERGENERALISATION

You see a single negative event such as a romantic rejection or a career reversal , as a never – ending pattern of defeat by using words such as ”always ” or ” never” when you think about it.

A depressed sales man became terribly upset when he noticed bird dung on the windshield of his car. He told himself, ” Just my luck! Birds are always crapping on my car.”

MENTAL FILTER

You pick out a single negative detail and dwell on it exclusively, so that your vision of all reality becomes darkened, like the drop of ink that discolour a beaker of water.

Example: You receive many positive comments about your presentation to a group of associates at work, but one of them says something mildly critical.You obsess about his reaction for days and ignore all the positive feedback.