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Published: July 12, 2021, 5 a.m.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is all about discovering your mental mistakes or cognitive distortions - or as the CBT folks say, \u201cYour stinkin' thinkin." And CBT is the most recommended therapeutic method to fend off depression. It makes sense. It\u2019s fairly easy to understand. And their premise is that if you change what you believe, then the emotions and actions that follow will be different and far healthier.

So today, in this episode sponsored again by BetterHelp, we\u2019ll talk about the ten most common mental mistakes you can make and what to do about them.

The listener email for today is from a man whose addictions have created pain and severe illness. He takes responsibility but also states that his wife is stuck in believing that he\u2019s feeling sorry for himself. He says he\u2019s very depressed. This is a difficult situation where both sound angry and certainly not allied. What would you say to him? I\u2019ll give it my own try..

Important Links:

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An article describing David Burns' list of cognitive distortions from The Feeling Good Handbook

John Grohol's Psych Central article on ten ways to "fix" those mental mistakes

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