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Recognising and Overcoming Cognitive Distortions (biased ways of thinking)

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Recognising and overcoming cognitive distortions (biased ways of thinking)

I picked up on  (thanks again if you're reading this :-)  ) recommendation about this  https://youtu.be/Ek6V4F6nWM8 ?  I find it a great start for beneficial for self-help.  Right place, right time as they say.

"Cognitive distortions are biased ways of thinking that can cause individuals to perceive situations, themselves, and others in a negative or inaccurate light. They are often automatic and habitual, making them difficult to recognize without conscious effort. " says google.

This is a core part of CBT which I acknowledge is considered less successful for autistic people than for neurotypicals.  hehe perhaps that's because of the cognitive distortions that autistic people experience which CBT is aimed at helping!

Change is hard for autistic people and maybe in part it is related to one's thinking...  So maybe changing one's thinking is especially hard for autistics?  

Anyway the link at the top I personally found to be a good base for some self-help on this.

So I would like to promote a discussion about it please.

Maybe some of you reading this are in the right place and the right time for it too?

Maybe some of you have tried it and it didn't work for you?

Maybe some have tips for making it work or pitfalls to avoid?

Maybe just to say it works and is worth the hard work?

Best Wishes - Live long and Prosper!

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  • I love auticate! Chris is so funny, sometimes I watch his content just to relax. Did you know they release content on Fridays and come online about 30mins before to chat to anyone in the chat? quite fun. 530pm ... I think 

    I'm beginning to notice some cognitive distortions in my thinking - It may some stupid but I'm not up for changing them just yet since I am still waiting for a diagnosis and don't want to be stressed. Also I don't think some are bad, like the black and white thinking, I'm a Christian and I really beleive that the gray areas are an illusion and each choice in life no matter how small is love or malice. I don't want to change that universal truth and fall into the crazy world we have now where there is so much grey the black is grey and the white is grey. No thanks. Instead, I will choose to see the black and white and adhere to one and avoid the other. I do think I should try to have compassion for those in supposed grey thinking. 

  • in reply to DaughteroftheKing

    Thanks  I'll try the auticate site further - will hold back for a while before picking up another big topic as it can take me a while to chew over one thing before taking on another.

    I'm more Taoist philosophically although naturally brought up in a Christian tradition I believe many of the core values are a great thing to aspire to.  "One love" to quote the great Nesta Robert Marley" :-)  So for me there's a core of white in the black and vice versa.  Hehe I hope that you don't mind that I mention to you that you wrote "should" in your response!

    Best wishes

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  • in reply to DaughteroftheKing

    Thanks  I'll try the auticate site further - will hold back for a while before picking up another big topic as it can take me a while to chew over one thing before taking on another.

    I'm more Taoist philosophically although naturally brought up in a Christian tradition I believe many of the core values are a great thing to aspire to.  "One love" to quote the great Nesta Robert Marley" :-)  So for me there's a core of white in the black and vice versa.  Hehe I hope that you don't mind that I mention to you that you wrote "should" in your response!

    Best wishes

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