The Morning Departure

≈ 4 min

Read the monologue below and decide: which cognitive distortion — if any — is driving the speaker's thinking? Then pick the exact phrase that signals it. This is a puzzle, not a diagnosis or advice; the speaker is a fictional, invented person.

The scene

A busy intercity railway station where a commuter's train has been delayed on a morning with a high-stakes job interview.

In the differential

Mental filtering
Catastrophising
All-or-nothing thinking
Fortune-telling
No distortion — a reasonable reaction

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This case first aired on August 27, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.

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