If you feel it, it must be real. A bad mood becomes proof that everything is bad. Your feelings show up uninvited and get treated as evidence, even when the facts say otherwise.
How it shows up- I feel like a failure, so I am one
- Bad mood = bad person
- Can't separate feeling from fact
- Mood swings feel like identity shifts
Often paired withwith The Social Editor on topYou assume what people think, then treat that assumption as fact.
+ The Social EditorYour feelings become facts, including what everyone else is thinking.
with The Endless Weigher on topCan't decide AND your feelings about each option change hourly.