The Clicking Sound

≈ 6 min

Read the monologue below. Identify (a) which cognitive distortion — if any — shapes the speaker's reasoning, and (b) the exact phrase in the text that signals it. This is a logic puzzle built on an invented scenario; it is not a diagnosis or clinical advice, and the speaker is a fictional character.

The scene

A residential driveway where someone has just returned from their first solo drive in a newly purchased car.

In the differential

Magnification
Catastrophising
Fortune-telling
Emotional reasoning
No distortion — a reasonable reaction

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This case first aired on August 11, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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