Can Your Mind Play Tricks On You
Olivia Luz
So while not exactly a technical term cognitive distortion is a way your mind is playing tricks on you.
Using shortcuts allows you to make decisions quickly without having to laboriously sort through each and every possible solution. Check out this list of seemingly harmless thoughts to see if your mind is tricking you out. In many cases this is a useful and effective approach. But sometimes these mental shortcuts known as heuristics can trip you up and cause you to make mistakes.
The mind seeks out patterns and this can lead to some tricky mind games played by your own mind on you. But all is not lost.
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