The Morning Swim

≈ 4 min

Read the monologue below carefully. Identify (a) the cognitive distortion — if any — driving the speaker's reasoning, and (b) the exact phrase that signals it. This is a puzzle, not a diagnosis or advice; the speaker is entirely fictional.

The scene

A leisure centre pool where a competitive swimmer returns to training after a shoulder injury.

In the differential

Fortune-telling
Catastrophising
Emotional reasoning
All-or-nothing thinking
Personalisation
No distortion — a reasonable reaction

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This case first aired on August 15, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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