I can never please anyone. Other people always do everything wrong. I am worthless. I don't desrve to exist. In reality the world has both good and bad events and actions.
Negative thinkers see only the negative.
They are in so much pain that they can no longer see beyond it to the positive things in the world and in their lives. They need to retrain their brains to see both the positive and the negative. Polarized, or black and white thinking sees only good or bad, right or wrong, and nothing in between. An important part of therapy is learning to see the gray, learning to tolerate life's ambiguities, and learning to trust yourself and the choices you make. Numbers 8 and 9 are examples of shame.