Mind Reading: Making assumptions about other people’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours without checking the evidence. E.g. John’s talking to Molly so he must like her more than me. I could tell he thought I was stupid in the interview. Fortune Telling Error: Anticipating an outcome and assuming your prediction is an established fact. These negative expectations can be self-fulfilling: predicting what we would do on the basis of past behaviour may prevent the possibility of change. E.g. I’ve always been like this; I’ll never be able to change. It’s not going to work out so there’s not much point even trying. This relationship is sure to fail.
Me 57/H 58 M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13
Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss