Fallacy

The fallacies in the end of the section are Perfectionism, Obsession with shoulds, Over-generalization, Taking responsibility for others, Helplessness, Fear of catastrophic failure. Perfectionism would make a person never feel satisfied because no one can be perfect but one will always strive to be anywhere close to it. One would feel dissatisfied at ones self and jealousy towards others. We all try to be the perfect looking, speak perfectly, etc, which if we worry too much over. Obsession with shoulds makes a person living in the past in a way, because they're always so worried/ thinking of what they SHOULD have done, they don't think about the present or future. Their standards are always unrealistic which will always lead up to future failure. There are moments where we think, I should have done my homework before I go out, or I should have gone to the fair instead of stay home. Eventually it will make us think too much into things. Over-generalization makes one think too much into it which makes the person miss some important bits and pieces of it. Lets face it, we've all had that happen to us where we think too much into things. Taking responsibility for others will never let the person who made the mistake learn from it and makes the person who took the blame really think they are truly responsible for whatever actions they made. I'm not sure how many of us really do that, an example of this might be where you're in a argument and you just want to end it, you take the blame and say you're wrong. Helplessness makes someone depressed overtime because they think that things will never get better. They have no hope that things will better or that their feelings will change. It has happened to all of us at one point. We've all felt this before, eventually one will get over the feeling at their own pace. Fear of catastrophic failure makes someone never put themselves up for a task because they will be scared to mess up and think of the extreme negative things that can happen. All of these fallacies comes up in intrapersonal communication. We face them with others, with ourselves, and see others face it. These are what holds most of us back, whether it's one of them or a few of them. We just need to learn to work with ourselves and others to get over this. We can't let these take over our lives because it won't lead to good communication skills which everyone should have.