The Dinner Party

≈ 6 min

Read the monologue below. Identify the single cognitive distortion that shapes the speaker's reasoning — or decide there is none. Then pick the exact phrase that signals it. This is a puzzle about thinking patterns, not a diagnosis or advice; the speaker is a fictional, invented person.

The scene

A dinner party where the main dish disappointed

In the differential

Mind-reading
Personalisation
Overgeneralisation
Emotional reasoning
No distortion — a reasonable reaction

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This case first aired on July 25, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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