The core lesson of the Brain Glitch series, introducing cognitive distortions as 'system glitches' and using a cooperative board game to teach students how to identify and debug them.

Addresses 'Emotional Reasoning' and 'Labeling'. Students learn to identify when their emotions are overwriting logic and how to strip away harmful labels from their self-identity.

Targets 'Catastrophizing' and 'Fortune Telling'. Students learn to stop the 'what if' spiral by assessing actual probabilities and creating contingency plans.