Fallacies

There are six different fallacies listed in our book. First is perfectionism, then there's the obsession with shoulds, next is overgeneralization, followed by taking responsibility for others, helplessness, and finally, fear of catastrophic failure.
I personally find that the fallacy that I encounter most often is perfectionism. I often set unrealistically high goals for myself and am constantly dissatisfied with myself. Sometimes it's my appearance that I obsess about, other times it's school, or it's even when I'm doing extracurricular things like sports, creative writing, drawing, etc.
I also catch myself obsessing with shoulds, which I think ties in with the perfectionism. "I should be getting all A's," "I should have worked out harder," "I should be able to do better than this," and so on and so forth.
More often that not, these fallacies lead to me feeling pretty low and majorly lacking in self esteem. But the book says the best way to deal with this is to "identify and challenge debilitating ways of thinking about our emotions, and, by extension, ourselves" (pg. 186). The text explains that we can turn around this negativity and challenge it by using self-talk to counter our fallacies.