The Returned Report

≈ 5 min

Read the account below and spot the thinking pattern at work. Pick the cognitive distortion the speaker is showing, and the exact phrase where it surfaces. This is a puzzle about a thought pattern, not a diagnosis or advice — the person and the situation are invented.

The scene

A note at work about a quarterly report

In the differential

Catastrophising
Mind-reading
All-or-nothing thinking
Personalisation

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This case first aired on May 16, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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