Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ksenia Chernaya/Pexels Ever find yourself focusing on the bad in every situation? That’s a cognitive distortion called mental ...

Even small changes in self-talk and mindset can lead to big emotional relief — especially when anxiety and depression loom. There’s a well-established loop between a dreary outlook and a depressed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CBT therapists look at how you react to problems and try to help you reset unhelpful ways of thinking, face your fears and learn ...

These thoughts are good examples of cognitive distortions — also known as “thinking traps.” They can be easy to fall into and may not be rational. But irrational or not, thoughts affect how a person ...

Repetitive negative thinking is a major element of psychological disorders. Clinically concerning levels of anxiety, depression, and anger all carry with them repetitive thoughts that serve to ...

If you want to change your circumstances, you need to change the way you think. You have to stop believing that you are stuck in your situation and passively accepting that you’re incapable of doing ...

When we make mistakes at work, it can lead to a cycle of negative thinking. The damaging thoughts swirl: "I'm an impostor." "I'm not smart enough." "I'm failing at my job." Feeling like an impostor — ...

A new study has challenged the commonly held belief that consciously suppressing negative thoughts is bad for our mental health, finding that people who did so had lower levels of post-traumatic ...

Today more than ever something serious happens to society. We are invaded by an evil that we unintentionally promote and maximize on social media; This evil is called negativity. And it is that always ...