Charles was rejected by his long-time girlfriend. He has decided that no other woman will love him, that his co-workers and the people who say they are his friends must also dislike him, too. Charles has let his rejection by his girlfriend "color" his perceptions of other areas in his life. Beck referred to this as

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Beck referred to the cognitive distortion where a person allows one negative event to define their outlook in various unrelated areas as overgeneralization. Charles is overgeneralizing his rejection from his girlfriend to his beliefs about other relationships and aspects of his life.

Charles Was Rejected by His Long-Time Girlfriend