{"id":6816,"date":"2012-11-27T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=6816"},"modified":"2012-08-04T22:47:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T02:47:32","slug":"5-forms-of-distorted-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2012\/11\/5-forms-of-distorted-thinking.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Forms of Distorted Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video including all the forms of my distorted thinking would be too big to store on You Tube. So I&#8217;ll present my top five: ways I torture myself upstairs. The good news? 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