Seeing the World How They Want to See It: Self-Deceptive Thinking
Disordered characters often live in a world of their own fantasy, adhering to the belief that “thinking makes it so.”
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Disordered characters often live in a world of their own fantasy, adhering to the belief that “thinking makes it so.”
Dr Simon has asked me to thank you for all your comments on his recent posts about distortions of thinking. Due to a bereavement, Dr Simon won’t be able to respond right away, but he hopes to be able to catch up again after Christmas.
Right from the first minute the disordered character thinks someone is asking something from them, they start planning how they will resist.
Disordered characters hear what they want to hear, remember what they want to remember, and learn what they want to learn.
Disordered characters tend to perceive things in terms of black-and-white or all-or-none.