Tarot & Cognitive Distortions

The Tarot Diagnosis

This week on The Tarot Diagnosis Podcast, I'm having a bit of nerdy fun by exploring the top nine cognitive distortions I have been seeing inside my therapy practice. Surprise, but no surprise, I pull a TON of swords along with several reversed majors. Check out the cognitive distortions below and tune in to the episode to see which cards show up for each distortion!

All-or-Nothing Thinking: Viewing situations in black-and-white terms, seeing things as either perfect or awful, with no middle ground, or willingness to acknowledge a “gray” area.

Overgeneralization: Generalizing a single negative event to an overall pattern, leading to negative self-assessment and worldview.

Mental Filter: Focusing on a single negative detail while ignoring positive aspects, leading to a pessimistic perspective.

Magical Thinking: Making negative predictions about the future without sufficient evidence, treating them as facts. Believing we know what others are thinking, often assuming negative thoughts without evidence.

Catastrophizing: Exaggerating the importance of negative events or minimizing positive achievements, skewing perspective.

Emotional Reasoning: Accepting emotions as facts, believing that feeling something makes it true.

Should Statements: Imposing unrealistic expectations on ourselves or others, leading to guilt and shame.

Labeling: Assigning negative labels to ourselves or others based on a single event, often using emotionally charged language.

Personalization: Blaming oneself for events beyond one's control, assuming undue responsibility for others' feelings and actions.

Deck Used: Tarot Vintage

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