ArchiveJuly 30, 2026
Case File · Distortion · No. 012
Daily Casefile · Distortion
The Unreturned Wave
≈ 6 min
Read the monologue below and decide: which single thinking pattern does this person's reasoning show — and which phrase gives it away? This is a puzzle, not a diagnosis or advice. The person and situation are entirely invented.
The scene
A neighbour who didn't wave back
In the differential
- Mental filtering
- Personalisation
- Catastrophising
- Overgeneralisation
- Emotional reasoning
- No distortion — a reasonable reaction
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