Cognitive Distortions and Autism: How Many Do YOU Have?

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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🎙️ Which of these do you experience the most? Have you found any ways to combat the brain gremlins? Drop your thoughts in the comments ⤵️

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📖 READ MORE:
1. Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy (Steph Jones): https://amzn.to/3v3Axyr
-- This was one of the first places where we learned how cognitive distortions and autism were connected!
2. Camouflage and masking behavior in adult autism (2023)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
3. Anxiety disorders in adults with autism spectrum disorder (2019)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...


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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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