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Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Dial. Hope you're having an amazing day. If you have not yet done so, hit that subscribe button so you never miss another podcast episode. I put episodes four times a week every single week for the past almost 10 years. And so if you're ready to learn and grow and improve yourself and you want some short to the point, no BS podcasting to improve yourself, this is it. Hit that subscribe Button. Today we're going to be talking about how what you perceive in your life usually isn't 100% of the story, and how perception is not reality. And how you have these things called cognitive distortions that actually are a mental filter on your brain that actually change reality in front of you so that you see reality a specific way. I want you to understand that there is no such thing as your perception being full, 100% reality. If you look at it, subjective perception is subjective reality, not perception is reality. People say like, oh, perception is reality. No, no, no, no, no. Subjective perception is subjective reality. Your perception is not absolute reality. In fact, your perception usually isn't reality at all. Because like I said, your brain filters and distorts everything that comes in through your five senses. So all of these billions and millions of bits of information come in through your five senses. And then your brain has to make some sort of sense of it. It has to put things into boxes in labels and hopefully try to make as many things as possible fit into these boxes. And so what it does is it filters everything that goes through your senses, through conditionings, through the way you were raised, through millions and millions of experiences that you've had in your life. These little distortions in psychology are actually called cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortions are biased ways of thinking that reinforce thoughts, beliefs and emotions. And they're really common in many mental health conditions, such as depression, such as anxiety. But we all have them. They're not just in anxiety and depression. We all have them, even if you don't have any sort of mental health diagnosis at all. And so understanding your cognitive distortions is one of the most critical steps in improving your mental health and also creating better self awareness and overall a better life. Let's talk a little bit more about them real quick so I can really talk about how to fix them. What are cognitive distortions? Cognitive distortions are irrational, biased thoughts that perpetuate negative thinking patterns that you have. And so if you think, oh, the world's out to get me, you're going to see all of the ways in which the world is out to get you, or that all men are cheaters, you're going to see all of the ways that men are cheaters, or this type of person is bad, you're going to see all the ways where that type of person is bad. They're basically errors in your thinking that distort your perception of reality. And these distortions are basically automatic. They're unconscious most of the time. Usually if you know it's a person who doesn't work on themselves and they're not very self aware. They just don't even notice in the first place because they're so deeply ingrained. They often occur without us even being aware of them. They go unnoticed unless you pay more attention. And that's why I always say this, and this is really what they say in cognitive behavioral therapy, is to question the validity of your thoughts. When you have thoughts that are getting in the way of the life that you want to create, you've got to question to see is this actually valid. And that's where questioning the validity of your thoughts comes from, is because cognitive distortions will come in, change reality in front of you and you think that it's real reality. And then you've got to go, hold on, is this valid or is this just me? And so I'm going to give you a few different types of really, really common cognitive distortions. I think I got like six of them for you. Okay, Number one is one that's called all or nothing thinking. This is also known as black or white thinking. This distortion tends to see things in very absolute terms. For example, if I'm not perfect, I'm a total failure. That's all or nothing thinking. Or I didn't get an A on the test, so I must be stupid. I miss a deadline at work, now I'm never going to get a promotion. And maybe you're working on your fitness and you eat bad one meal, say, I'm never going to hit my fitness goals. And so it's like all or nothing. And if you think that way, it tends to derail you when you're trying to get better. If you think, okay, I eat bad one time, you know, maybe have 17 days of really good fitness and eating really healthy. And then you know, you have a little bit too much ice cream one night and you're like, I'm never going to hit my fitness goals. And you're focusing on this one moment where you ate a lot of ice cream and you're not even paying attention to the other 17 days where you did really well. And so you just give up. I'm never going to hit my fitness goals. You see how that's a distortion? It's distorting reality in front of you. So that's the first one is all or nothing thinking. The second one is overgeneralization. And this involves broad conclusions based off of a single event. It is very similar, not exactly the same thing as all or nothing thinking. For instance, I failed this test. So I'm going to fail all of my tests. Or I felt awkward at this party and I'm always awkward in social situations, or I failed this exam, so, you know, I'm going to fail all of my classes. And so what happens is we take one event and we just put a broad stroke over all of the rest of the events that are going to be happening in the future. That's overgeneralization. The third one is called negative mental filter, which is another way of calling it negativity bias is what it is. The distortion involves focusing solely on the negative aspects of a situation and then just ignoring all of the positive. So for an example, I made a mistake on my presentation, so the whole presentation was a disaster. Or, you know, you get a work review and it says, great job here, great job here, great job here. This needs improvement. Great job here, great job here. And then all of your focus goes to needs the improvement. Like, you don't pay attention to any of the great jobs. The one thing it's focused on is needs the improvement. Like, I remember when I first started putting content out online about nine years ago, I remember I had one video that did really well, and it was on Facebook and I had like a thousand positive comments and there was one negative comment. And like two hours later, I'm walking around my house and I'm ruminating and thinking about that one negative comment. I'm not paying attention to any of the thousand positive ones. I'm focusing on just the one negative one. You know, it's like you can have a. Maybe you go out to a party, you have a great time at a party. And I don't know if you've ever done this. I've done this many times. You say one thing a little bit weird, or you say something that might be just a little bit different. You don't get the reaction that you want to, and you go home and you dwell on that one negative, that one thing so negatively, and you think, oh, my God, everyone must think that I'm so awkward. I hope they didn't think that what I said meant xyz. And so you're focusing on just that one thing. And so that's the negative mental filter. The fourth one, which is very common, is discounting the positive. We do this a lot. People do this a lot. I see it all of the time with people is what you're basically doing is you're dismissing the positive experiences by insisting that they don't count. And the reason why is because they don't. Really line up with your filter of yourself and what you think of yourself. So you want to dismiss them. So an example of this, be like, I only did well on the assignment because it was easy. You know, I'm sure everybody did well on it. You know, you think you're gonna fail something, you get an A. And you're like, well, yeah, I only did that. I only got an A because it was easy, not because I'm smart, not because I did well. I'm sure everybody else did well. Or, you know, maybe you will go back to the presentation to work. You do a presentation at work and everyone's like, oh, great job, great job. And you're like, well, they only said great job because they feel bad for me. And maybe you. This one happens all the time. I see this one more common than any of the other ones. You get a compliment and you're like, oh, they're just being nice. They don't think I actually look good. Like so many people, it's really, really hard for them to take compliments from other people because it doesn't line up with what they actually think of themselves. And so they're like, oh, no, no, they're just being nice. They just. They don't actually think I look good. If you have trouble taking compliments, discounting the positive could be a cognitive distortion that you might have. The fifth one is labeling, and it evolves attaching a negative label to yourself or even to other people as well. So, for example, let's say you, you mess something up and so you're like, I'm such an idiot. Or you fail a math test and you say, I'm terrible at math. Or you screw something up at work and you're like, I'm terrible at my job. Or once again, you say something weird at a party and you're like, oh, I'm just so awkward. Or you lose your temper one day after having a hard day in front of your children, like, I'm a terrible parent. Or you sleep in one morning and you're like, I'm just lazy.
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Back to the show. What you're doing is you're labeling yourself and attaching an identity to a behavior. So you know the behavior was you mess something up, I'm an idiot. That's just a behavior, right? You screw something up at work, that's just a behavior. I'm terrible at my job. And so what you're doing is you're making a behavior and turning it into an actual label and identity for yourself, which is very dangerous to do. So that's the fifth one and then the sixth one, which is very common, as well as catastrophizing so this cognitive distortion is where a person expects the worst possible outcome in almost every single situation. So they just imagine the worst that could happen no matter what. And it leads to, you know, increased anxiety, stress, and like, a sense of helplessness because you really can't control the majority of stuff that happens in your life. You know, like, let's say you. You make a small mistake at work and you think, oh, well, I messed up this project. I'm going to get fired. That doesn't really make a whole lot of sense. But what happens is a tiny little thing turns into this big explosion.
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Catastrophizing.
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So you're making a catastrophe out of something that's small? No, you just messed up a work project. It doesn't mean you're going to get fired or, you know, going back to say something awkward at a party. It's like, everyone must think that I'm an idiot. They never want to talk to me again. Right? That's catastrophizing. Maybe, you know, you're. You're in a relationship with someone and your partner doesn't reply to your text message for a few hours, and you're like, they must be angry with me. They want to break up. Right?
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That's what catastrophizing looks like versus just looking at the reality of being. Like, reality is they haven't text back in a few hours. They're out with their friends, maybe they're having fun. Maybe this phone died, maybe whatever. But you're like, catastrophizing a small event, and that's how you can see. Reality gets distorted. And so why do we have cognitive distortions? That's really what pops into my head. Why do we have these? Then it comes down to something that's actually called secondary gains. And so it's actually doing something for us. Believe it or not. Even if we don't know that it is really what it is more than anything else is, it is a defense mechanism in some way. And it can keep us in our comfort zone so that we feel safe. That would be the secondary gain that we get out of it. It can make us not want to get into another relationship so that we don't get hurt. That's the secondary gain. There's always some sort of secondary gain that comes from these defense mechanisms. It's protecting you in some sort of way. Maybe, yeah, that can be good sometimes. But the problem is, in the long run, it means us not having a life that we truly want. And it can make you feel Safe or right or whatever it is in the short run. But in the long run, they can make you miserable unless you start to actually see reality for what it is. So in the short run, what I'm saying is it's the defense mechanism, right? In the long run, it becomes part of your personality and it can throw your life off course, it can cause depression, it could cause anxiety, or it could just be something as simple as just not reaching your potential. Because, you know, short term avoidance turns into long term suffering. Whenever you're avoiding something that you really want and you're avoiding and avoiding the feelings or the emotions or whatever it is, it turns into long term suffering. And so how do you get past these cognitive distortions? So maybe you're at the point where you're noticing, oh, you know what, that one cognitive distortion that he just said really hits home for me. Well, how do I get past that thing? The first thing is, as always, it's always the first thing for me is awareness. You need to become aware of yourself. You need to start becoming more aware of your thinking. And so when it pops up, write it down. Get really clear on like, okay, I was just, I just did this thing. Is that absolute reality? Probably not. Okay, so what happened? I'm going to write it down. I'm going to get really clear on what actually happened in reality and how I distorted reality and start thinking about that, right? So that's the first thing. Become very aware of it. And writing it down helps you get more clear because you have to put it on paper. Second thing is to ask yourself what short term benefit of thinking that thought would be. And so find the secondary benefit. Are you, is it defending you from something? Is it protecting you from feeling a certain way? Is it trying to make me feel safe? Is it me trying to be right? Oh, yeah, I'm just, I'm always bad in math, right? Or is it, you know, trying to reinforce an identity or a label that you already have of yourself? Oh, they're just being nice. They're giving me a compliment because they actually think I look terrible and they want to make me feel good, right? That's reinforcing an identity of, oh, I'm ugly or I'm unlovable or I don't look good or I can't lose weight or whatever it might be. Remember, short term safety, long term consequence. And so then you gotta ask yourself, what are the long term consequences of me believing this thought that I'm believing? So that's the second thing, Number three is to learn to challenge the distorted thinking. So you look at it and I do this with people all the time when I do one on one coaching sessions and you know, like Mindset University and stuff like that, where I run, you know, weekly coaching sessions and I work with people live. And I'll notice someone has a cognitive distortion. And I'll be like, is what you said absolutely true? And they're like, well, it's true. And I'm like, no, no, no. Is it absolutely true that you're terrible at math? Is it absolutely true that you're unlovable? Is it absolutely true that you screw every single thing up in your entire life? And what happens is most people, it's not true. It's true to them, but it's not objectively true in reality. So I say, like, what would a friend say? Would they believe the exact same thing that you believe? Or would they have a different perspective so you do the exact same thing for yourself? Is this absolutely true? This thing that I'm believing? Is it absolutely true or is it just like true to me, but not objectively true? If I brought one of my friends in here, what would they say? Would they believe the exact same thing that I'm saying? Or would they might. Maybe they have a different perspective. And so then you've got to ask yourself, so that's step number three. Number four is you've got to do opposite thinking, which is, what's the exact opposite of what I'm thinking? And how would my life be different if I believed this thing instead? So if someone says, oh, I look really good and it's like, well, I don't think that I look good. I think that I look terrible, I think that I look ugly. Okay, so what's the opposite of that? Well, that I actually do look good. Okay, well, how would my life be different if I did believe this instead? And so you start testing the boundaries, playing a little bit of devil's advocate with opposite thinking. And then what you do, the last part of it, number five, is to replace the thought with the thought that you prefer. So if you're saying, okay, does this thinking, if I were to keep it for the rest of my life, would it help me get to where I want to go in life? This cognitive distortion, I bet you it's probably not going to help you out. I'll put it that way. If I were to be able to have a magic wand and to just replace this thought with a thought that would help me out, what would it be? And that's what I'M going to do when I start noticing the cognitive distortion pop up, I'm going to replace a new thought, I'm going to replace a new thought, I'm going to place a new thought. And you do this over and over and over again. You start realizing, oh my God, like I'm lying to myself all the time. I'm distorting reality all the time to make me feel safe, to keep me small, to keep me in my comfort zone, to reinforce what I already believe about myself or my identity or the world. 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Podcast: The Mindset Mentor
Host: Rob Dial
Release Date: April 18, 2025
In this compelling episode of The Mindset Mentor, host Rob Dial delves deep into the concept of self-awareness, challenging listeners to reconsider their understanding of their own perceptions. He begins by asserting that "perception is not reality," emphasizing that our subjective views often distort the true essence of situations we encounter daily.
"There is no such thing as your perception being full, 100% reality. If you look at it, subjective perception is subjective reality, not perception is reality."
— Rob Dial [02:30]
Rob introduces the concept of cognitive distortions, describing them as mental filters that alter our perception of reality. These distortions are biased ways of thinking that can reinforce negative thoughts, beliefs, and emotions, impacting mental health conditions like depression and anxiety. However, he emphasizes that everyone experiences these distortions, regardless of mental health diagnoses.
"Cognitive distortions are irrational, biased thoughts that perpetuate negative thinking patterns that you have."
— Rob Dial [05:15]
He outlines six common types of cognitive distortions:
All-or-Nothing Thinking (Black or White Thinking): Viewing situations in absolute terms without recognizing the spectrum in between. For example, believing that a single mistake deems one a complete failure.
"If I'm not perfect, I'm a total failure."
— Rob Dial [06:10]
Overgeneralization: Drawing broad conclusions from a single event, such as assuming failure in one test predicts failure in all future endeavors.
"I failed this test. So I'm going to fail all of my tests."
— Rob Dial [07:00]
Negative Mental Filter (Negativity Bias): Focusing solely on the negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive. For instance, dwelling on one piece of criticism amidst numerous praises.
"I had a thousand positive comments and one negative comment, and I ruminated on that one negative."
— Rob Dial [08:25]
Discounting the Positive: Dismissing positive experiences by insisting they don't count, often due to a skewed self-image.
"I only got an A because the test was easy, not because I'm smart."
— Rob Dial [09:15]
Labeling: Attaching a negative label to oneself or others based on behavior, such as calling oneself "lazy" after oversleeping.
"I'm such an idiot."
— Rob Dial [10:05]
Catastrophizing: Expecting the worst possible outcome in every situation, leading to heightened anxiety and stress.
"I messed up this project, so I'm going to get fired."
— Rob Dial [15:00]
Rob explains that cognitive distortions often stem from secondary gains—unconscious benefits we receive from maintaining these distorted thoughts. These distortions act as defense mechanisms, keeping us in our comfort zones and offering a sense of safety. However, while they may provide short-term comfort, they lead to long-term consequences like depression, anxiety, and unfulfilled potential.
"In the short run, it's a defense mechanism protecting you, but in the long run, it can throw your life off course."
— Rob Dial [16:45]
Rob outlines a practical five-step strategy to combat cognitive distortions:
Awareness: Recognize and become conscious of distorted thoughts as they arise.
"When it pops up, write it down. Get really clear on what actually happened in reality."
— Rob Dial [17:10]
Identify Short-Term Benefits (Secondary Gains): Understand the immediate advantages that these distortions might be offering, such as avoiding pain or discomfort.
"Find the secondary benefit. Are you defending yourself from feeling a certain way?"
— Rob Dial [18:05]
Challenge Distorted Thinking: Question the validity of these thoughts. Ask whether they are absolutely true or just your perception.
"Is it absolutely true that you're terrible at math? Would a friend say the same thing?"
— Rob Dial [19:25]
Opposite Thinking: Consider the exact opposite of the distorted thought and evaluate its impact.
"What's the opposite of 'I look terrible'? Maybe 'I do look good.' How would your life change if you believed that?"
— Rob Dial [20:40]
Replace with Preferred Thoughts: Substitute the distorted thought with a more balanced and constructive one.
"If I could replace this thought with one that helps me, what would it be?"
— Rob Dial [21:15]
Rob emphasizes the importance of persistently practicing these steps to rewire thought patterns, ultimately leading to a more accurate perception of reality and a more fulfilling life.
"If we distort reality for our benefit rather than our demise, our life will be better."
— Rob Dial [22:00]
Wrapping up the episode, Rob encourages listeners to share the podcast to help more people benefit from these insights. He reiterates the transformative power of mastering one's mindset to achieve personal growth and fulfillment.
"Make it your mission to make somebody else's day better. I appreciate you and I hope that you have an amazing day."
— Rob Dial [23:45]
Perception vs. Reality: Our subjective perceptions often distort the true nature of reality, influenced by cognitive distortions.
Cognitive Distortions: Understanding and identifying various cognitive distortions are crucial for improving mental health and self-awareness.
Five-Step Strategy: Awareness, identifying secondary gains, challenging distorted thoughts, opposite thinking, and replacing with healthier thoughts are effective methods to overcome cognitive distortions.
Long-Term Impact: Addressing and rectifying cognitive distortions leads to better mental health, reduced anxiety and depression, and the realization of personal potential.
On Subjective Reality:
"There is no such thing as your perception being full, 100% reality."
— Rob Dial [02:30]
Defining Cognitive Distortions:
"Cognitive distortions are irrational, biased thoughts that perpetuate negative thinking patterns that you have."
— Rob Dial [05:15]
On Overgeneralization:
"I failed this test. So I'm going to fail all of my tests."
— Rob Dial [07:00]
Understanding Secondary Gains:
"In the short run, it's a defense mechanism protecting you, but in the long run, it can throw your life off course."
— Rob Dial [16:45]
Challenging Distorted Thoughts:
"Is it absolutely true that you're terrible at math? Would a friend say the same thing?"
— Rob Dial [19:25]
Replacing with Preferred Thoughts:
"If I could replace this thought with one that helps me, what would it be?"
— Rob Dial [21:15]
Final Encouragement:
"Make it your mission to make somebody else's day better. I appreciate you and I hope that you have an amazing day."
— Rob Dial [23:45]
Rob Dial's episode serves as an eye-opener for anyone striving to enhance their self-awareness and mental well-being. By unpacking the intricacies of cognitive distortions and providing actionable steps to overcome them, Rob empowers listeners to reclaim control over their perceptions and, consequently, their lives. This episode is a must-listen for those seeking to break free from negative thought patterns and cultivate a more balanced and fulfilling existence.