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What is “black-and-white” thinking?

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Anger ! by Craig Sunter
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  • Post category:Anxiety/Stress / Behaviour / Mental health
  • Post published:February 3, 2017

When you’re thinking in black-and-white, you see everything in terms of being either good or bad with nothing in between. Either you’re great, or you’re a loser; if you don’t look like a model, you must be ugly; if you do something wrong, then you are completely useless.

Source: Common thinking errors @ ReachOut.com: Get through tough times

Photo: Anger ! by Craig Sunter under Creative Commons license

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