Overgeneralization which is when we “experience a setback or failure and generalize that event across all situations…..we may wrongly assume that things have – and will always – go wrong for us.” We exhibit overgeneralization thinking when we react to a negative experience with thoughts such as, “This always happens to me” or “I can’t do anything right.” We perceive a singular negative experience as if it is the rule. How to change this thought style. Identify the distorted thought. Refute the d