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0:00 Intro
1:01 All or Nothing Thinking
1:50 Overgeneralization
2:40 Mental Filter
3:36 Discounting the Positive
4:32 Jumping to Conclusions
4:39 Mind reading
5:20 Fortune telling
6:18 Magnification and minimization
7:10 Catastrophizing
8:26 Emotional Reasoning
9:17 "Should" Statements
10:42 Labeling
12:03 Personalization and Blame

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