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Mental filter

Mental filter

Those who tend towards mental filtering may gloss over positive events and hold a magnifying glass to the negative.

Ten things can go right, but a person operating under the influence of a mental filter may only notice the one thing that goes wrong. 

Add a little overgeneralization and all-or-nothing thinking to the equation, and you have a recipe for stress.

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