One of the best advice I got during my therapy sessions is that:"Just because a thought occurred in your head doesn't mean that you have to accept it as truth. Our minds are well-known for making stuff up."
There is a certain level of arrogance with introverts in that they assume a lot of things about people without first engaging with them. I speak as one myself
I usually think of lots of different possibilities but most of them aren't good. I know that at most one can be right but what if I'm right about one of the bad ones?
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fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 1y
One of the best advice I got during my therapy sessions is that:"Just because a thought occurred in your head doesn't mean that you have to accept it as truth. Our minds are well-known for making stuff up."
tetris11@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
There is a certain level of arrogance with introverts in that they assume a lot of things about people without first engaging with them. I speak as one myself
meliaesc@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Pattern recognition is very much in our DNA, it takes a lot of effort to put aside your own instincts.
tetris11@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Yeah but the patterns that some of us train on might just be noise validated by our own biases
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
I agree. We really should stop making assumptions. But, it is a skill that must be practiced. Mindfulness helped me a lot.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I usually think of lots of different possibilities but most of them aren't good. I know that at most one can be right but what if I'm right about one of the bad ones?
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Our minds are remarkably bad at estimating probabilities because they are always operating on limited information combined with high bias.
kingshrubb@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
Waves in the Ocean
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
A great way to put it.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 1y
No.
Don't let the terrorists win.
Jackthelad@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
This is a real thing with social anxiety called "mind reading".
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
Personally I'm thinking of him being a man of impeccable taste for apparently having waffles with nutella! 🤤
loaf@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
This describes every “empath” I’ve ever known.
“You’re feeling angry, aren’t you?” No, ma’am, my eyebrows are naturally arched. It’s genetic.
danc4498@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
You hand half the people I know
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
The holy grail of social media addicts!