The Skipped Chapter

≈ 6 min

Read the following account carefully. Identify whether the speaker's reasoning contains a cognitive distortion — and if so, which one and where. This is a puzzle, not a diagnosis or advice; the speaker is entirely fictional.

The scene

A monthly book club that voted to abandon its chosen novel halfway through

In the differential

Overgeneralisation
Fortune-telling
Personalisation
Mind-reading
No distortion — a reasonable reaction

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This case first aired on July 31, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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