Understanding how mood episodes, low energy, and distorted thinking can lead to distancing from loved ones. In the decades ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Distorted perceptions of relationships can be dangerous for ...

Cognitive distortions, or thinking errors, can take a toll on our mental health. Here are five such thinking patterns and ways to overcome them. We are all vulnerable to certain “thinking errors,” ...

Stressful thinking patterns are an example of cognitive distortions—the belief that something is true despite it having no basis in fact. Not surprisingly, this leads to mental suffering. I’m using ...

Emotional reasoning is a distorted thinking pattern, meaning that we tend to engage in it automatically and when we don’t want to think too deeply. Normally, we form an interpretation about the ...

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