Understanding All-or-Nothing Thinking From a DBT Perspective
Have you ever caught yourself thinking, "I shouldn’t have had that cookie today, but since I already ruined my diet, I might as well eat whatever I want for the rest of the week"? Or tell yourself, "my partner said something upsetting to me, we must be incompatible."? If so, you've experienced all-or-nothing thinking. All-or-nothing thinking, also called black-and-white thinking or dichotomous thinking, is one of the Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs). It is a tendency to see situations,...