Should statements are rigid rules a person has regarding how things should operate, or how people ‘should’ feel or think.  I know we all have that friend (or it could be you) that may say, “they should just do X or Y” or “things should…

Just as it sounds, people who engage in black and white thinking believe ALL things fit neatly in one of two categories.  Also called all all or nothing thinking.  Something or someone is good or bad.  There is no room for any shades of gray. …

Catastrophizing is a form of thinking trap that has one to believe that the worst will occur in a given situation.  The difference between this and probability overestimation is that catastrophizing is all negative and that things will happen or end badly if some end…

Podcast episode Review: Dumping your inner drill sergeant Podcast: The Happiness Lab Host: Dr. Laurie Santos Guest: Kristin Neff, PhD I reviewed this particular podcast episode because it has key points in terms of how we treat ourselves in terms of being self-critical.  This is…

Ahh yes, mind reading.  Ye may have this ailment as some of us do.  Mind reading is when you believe you know what a person is thinking – and — you know they are thinking negatively about you in terms of what we are doing,…

Probability overestimation.  So aside from this sounding some high falutin’ clinical term, it essentially is the overestimation of a particular outcome that is inevitable to occur. It is often aligned with negative thought patterns, but positive overestimation can also be problematic. As Rod Sterling from…