Self-Sabotage #3 – Overgeneralizing
Coming to a conclusion based on a single situation, or a single piece of evidence, and overgeneralizing that particular incident as part of a never-ending pattern of defeat… Continue reading “Stop Getting in Your Own Way…”
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Stop Getting in Your Own Way…
Self-Sabotage #2 – Black and White Thinking
Things are either “black-or-white,” and you’re either perfect or a total failure, without any middle ground… Continue reading “Stop Getting in Your Own Way…”
Stop Getting in Your Own Way…
Self-Sabotage #1 – Filtering
Taking a single negative detail and magnifying it, while filtering all positive aspects of a situation so that the vision of reality becomes darkened and distorted… Continue reading “Stop Getting in Your Own Way…”
Story about a marriage…
“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.
Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? Continue reading “Story about a marriage…”