Pinpoint your biases
We all have some problematic thought patterns that we are unaware of.
- One is mind-reading, where you wrongly assume that whoever you're with is thinking negative thoughts about you.
- Another is personalising, making something about you when it isn't.
- Or catastrophising, where you assume the worst-case scenario.
The key is to figure out which ones apply to you. Consider which assumptions do you have about yourself that skewed your perception of what happened.
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