So. This is productive, right? ...right? You know, fuck it, it's not destructive so I really don't care if it's productive.
Also, interestingly, I was perusing the participant's manual of the group that I can't go to--I still get a manual because, well, why not? Anyway. It talks about twisted thinking, and their relation to emotional problems, and while I identify with most of them in some way or another (...that should probably worry me, shouldn't it?), holy moly do I identify with 'Jumping to conclusions.'
Jumping to Conclusions: You make a negative interpretation even though there are no definite facts that convincingly support your conclusions. Further divided into a) mind reading: you decide that someone is reacting negatively to you and don't check and b) the fortune teller effect: you anticipate that things will turn out badly and convince yourself that your prediction is an established fact.
Let's focus on Mind Reading. I have an example:
I call Fin. He doesn't answer. I assume that he is fed up with me, wants nothing to do with me, thinks I'm weak and pathetic and just wishes I would stay out of his life.
Reading that over it looks a little unbalanced. Er. That's not good, is it?
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