pattern of thinking to see things as they really are. When you can’t step out of this thinking trap, you repeatedly predict bad things that don’t occur, and so you feel anxious and frightened for no good reason. For example, Rosey persistently jumps to the conclusion that people can see when she’s blushing, without any evidence that her blushing is noticeable to others. Rosey fails to see that just because she feels as if she’s blushing doesn’t mean that her blushing is as apparent to others as it feels.

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