Question

Matias is having many negative thoughts about his performance at work. He thinks he is a loser and his boss is out to get him. He believes that only bad things happen to him. He has been feeling extremely depressed lately. Which approach would explain Matias's symptoms by focusing on his negative thought patterns?

Answer 1

Cognitive thought pattern

Explanation:

Cognitive thought distortion:

Cognitive thought pattern is the phenomena in which we are convinced by our thought about the situation, person, or things that are not true in reality. This phenomenon also called a cognitive error of thinking. These negative cognitive errors will sometimes encourage our negative thinking patterns that are irrational. Due to our cognitive error, we assume positive things as negative.

For instance, if someone says that he always fails whenever try to do something new. This is the example of the negative and positive pole of a thinking error.