The First Serve Back

≈ 4 min

Read the monologue below. Identify (a) the single cognitive distortion the speaker is showing, and (b) the exact phrase that signals it. This is a logic puzzle — the person and situation are entirely invented. It is not a diagnosis or advice of any kind.

The scene

A tennis club on the evening of a player's first session back after a wrist injury

In the differential

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

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This case first aired on August 19, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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