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fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

The Fear Trap: Why We Need a Rational Revolution

When fear dominates, nuance and exceptions fade. Over time, this dynamic creates insular echo chambers that amplify threat narratives while filtering out contradictory evidence. What is particularly striking, and deeply concerning, is that this climate of dread is no longer confined to one group. It is now mirrored across political divides, leaving many people-regardless of affiliation-feeling powerless, overwhelmed, and chronically anxious.
World politics
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Are you Loading the Facts to Upset Yourself?

Embedding value judgments in factual premises produces the Fact-Loading Fallacy, which conceals, augments, and sustains self-disturbing emotional reasoning.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

Feeling Like You're Behind May Be Based on Distorted Beliefs

Feeling behind often reflects emotional reasoning and perfectionism; challenging rigid, self-oriented standards and distorted thoughts can reduce unrealistic expectations and distress.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

Adult ADHD and a Big 3 of Negative Thoughts

Perfectionism, emotional reasoning, and externalized self-worth are prominent unhelpful thinking patterns in adults with ADHD that CBT targets as core coping skills.
fromPsychology Today
7 months ago

Health Anxiety and the 'Emotional Reasoning' Thinking Error

People with health anxiety tend to engage in cognitive distortions or thinking errors when it comes to health-related situations.
Mental health
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