The Test Centre Letter

≈ 6 min

Read the monologue below carefully. Identify (a) the single cognitive distortion shaping the speaker's thinking — or decide there is none — and (b) the exact phrase in the text that signals it. This is a puzzle, not a diagnosis or advice; the speaker is entirely fictional.

The scene

A kitchen table where someone has just opened an official letter confirming their practical driving assessment.

In the differential

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

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This case first aired on August 8, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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