One semester, you got a bad grade on one class presentation. Despite previous good grades, you assume there is no point in trying to stay in school because you're a terrible student and will never do well again. Your assumption is an example of the cognitive distortion:

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This assumption is an example of overgeneralization, where you take one instance of a negative event and generalize it to all future events, assuming that because it happened once, it will always happen.

One Semester, You Got a Bad Grade on One Class