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Case File · Distortion · No. 054
Daily Casefile · Distortion
The Inbox Silence
≈ 4 min
Read the monologue below. Identify (a) the single cognitive distortion it shows — or that there is none — and (b) the verbatim phrase that signals it. This is a puzzle, not a diagnosis or advice. The speaker and situation are entirely invented.
The scene
A home desk where someone checks their email two weeks after submitting a job application.
In the differential
- Should-statements
- Fortune-telling
- All-or-nothing thinking
- Personalisation
- Emotional reasoning
- No distortion — a reasonable reaction
Play today’s Distortion.
This case first aired on September 12, 2026. A fresh distortion runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.