Absolute thinking

Absolute thinking is the tendency to think in concrete, black and white terms. "I am absolutely delighted" or "I am absolutely devastated"

Where habitually allied to negative thinking it can lead to distortions in perception and information processing that can lead to depression. It may in therapy be regarded as a cognitive bias limiting insight.

It reflects a tendency to categorization in thought and may be linked to certain personality traits as right wing authoritarianism