The Saturday Spin Class

≈ 6 min

Read the monologue below carefully. Identify (a) which single cognitive distortion it shows — or whether there is no distortion — and (b) the exact phrase in the text that signals it. This is a logic puzzle. The speaker is a fictional, invented person; nothing here is clinical advice or a real account.

The scene

A gym class where the regular attendees all seemed to know the routine

In the differential

Labelling
Overgeneralisation
Emotional reasoning
Magnification / minimisation
Fortune-telling
No distortion — a reasonable reaction

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This case first aired on August 2, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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