If the pattern of jumping to conclusions isn’t enough to make you needlessly anxious, you might then also overfocus on these anxious conclusions. For example, when Rosey jumps to the conclusion that people will notice that she’s blushing, she focuses on that particular conclusion or interpretation, rather than looking around for other explanations or interpretations (for example, People don’t appear to notice that I’m blushing at all). This pattern of thinking traps Rosey into interpreting or seeing things in a certain way.

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