How You Feel vs What Is Real

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Episode Transcript

Emotional Reasoning

• “I can’t afford to pay all of my bills again this month. I feel hopeless and depressed. There is no solution to my problems.”
• “Oh my gosh, why did I bring up that movie!? It’s ten years old; everyone will think I’m so out of touch. I’m such a bore at all these parties.”

Engaging in the cognitive distortion of emotional reasoning means that you are taking your emotions as evidence. Whatever you feel right now is whatever reality you find yourself in. That’s a difficult way to live.

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