Lana is late for dinner with her parents. They don’t care, but she thinks this is a catastrophe—an inaccurate view of the situation that leads her to feel bad about herself. In this example, what represents the cognitive distortion?

The answer is that Lana thinks that lateness to dinner is a catastrophe.

Explanation:

cognitive distortion caused Lana to think that for her to late to dinner is a catastrophe which is very wrong notion. Her mind as convinced her to believe something which is not really true.

There are different type of cognitive distortion: the one affecting Lana  is catastrophizing cognitive distortion.

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