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Describe and Provide Examples of the Three Distortions in Thinking

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Describe and provide examples of the three distortions in thinking that underlie depression, according to Aaron Beck.


Definitions:

Death Anxiety

The morbid, abnormal, or persistent fear of one's own death or the process of dying.

Death Inevitability

The unavoidable reality that all living beings eventually die, a fundamental aspect of the human condition.

Contact Comfort

The physical and psychological comfort gained from touch or physical contact, especially in infants.

Poor Testability

A characteristic of a hypothesis or theory that makes it difficult to empirically test or validate.

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