Olivia enters a room, and a couple across the room starts laughing. She believes they are laughing at her. This belief that everything relates to her is primarily an example of ______.

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Personalization is the belief that everything relates to oneself. This is demonstrated in Olivia's belief that the couple's laughter is directed at her, despite not having any evidence to support this belief. Catastrophizing involves blowing situations out of proportion, overgeneralization involves making broad, sweeping negative conclusions based on one or two isolated incidents, and dichotomous thinking involves viewing situations in terms of all-or-nothing, black-and-white terms.

Olivia Enters a Room, and a Couple Across the Room