You are convinced you know exactly what other people are thinking, and it is usually something negative about you. You don't test these assumptions, but accept them as fact.

You predict events negatively: "I will definitely fail," "It won't work out." This creates a state of learned helplessness before you even take action.

You believe that what has happened or might happen will be so terrible and unbearable that you won't be able to cope. A simple mistake turns into the "end of the world."

Instead of describing a specific mistake ("I made an error in the calculations"), you assign global negative traits to yourself or others ("I am a loser," "He is an idiot").

You insist that your successes or positive qualities don't count. "I just got lucky," "Anyone could have done that." This is how the brain maintains low self-esteem.

You focus exclusively on a single negative detail, ignoring the whole picture. One piece of criticism cancels out ten compliments.

You draw a global conclusion based on a single incident. "I never succeed at anything," "All people lie."

You view events only in two categories: either total success or complete failure. If the result is not perfect, it means it is terrible.

You evaluate yourself and others through rigid categories of how things "should be." This creates a constant sense of guilt towards yourself and irritation towards others.

You believe you are the cause of negative external events for which you are not actually responsible. "The boss is in a bad mood — it must be because of what I said yesterday."