🧠 12 Thinking Traps to Avoid | Gallery posted by Steven Bou

Your thoughts shape your reality — but sometimes, they trick you. These 12 thinking traps keep you stuck:

1️⃣ Catastrophizing → expecting the worst.

2️⃣ All-or-Nothing → no middle ground.

3️⃣ Mind Reading → assuming without proof.

4️⃣ Personalization → blaming yourself unfairly.

5️⃣ Overgeneralization → turning one failure into “always.”

6️⃣ Mental Filtering → only seeing the negatives.

7️⃣ Should Statements → rigid rules that create guilt.

8️⃣ Emotional Reasoning → feelings = facts.

9️⃣ Labeling → “I’m a failure” identity trap.

🔟 Discounting the Positive → ignoring your wins.

1️⃣1️⃣ Fortune Telling → predicting doom.

1️⃣2️⃣ Comparison Trap → measuring against others.

💡 Freedom starts with awareness. Which of these do you catch yourself falling into most often?