I seem to have the most trouble with my magical thinking. It's the one thing that I've had to work the hardest at.
For those of you who don't know, in psychology, magical thinking is the idea that your mind establishes a causal relationship between two situations or events that are not really connected.
For example, I used to have this thought that if I didn't worry about something, it would happen. Such as, "Oh no, if I don't worry about my husband getting home safely, he might get into a car accident."
Recently I've had trouble with major events. I keep having the thought, "If I look forward to event X too much, it won't happen" or "it will get ruined."
I know it's magical thinking. I know I have to fight back against what my brain is telling me, but dammit, sometimes it's just hard! LOL
For those of you who don't know, in psychology, magical thinking is the idea that your mind establishes a causal relationship between two situations or events that are not really connected.
For example, I used to have this thought that if I didn't worry about something, it would happen. Such as, "Oh no, if I don't worry about my husband getting home safely, he might get into a car accident."
Recently I've had trouble with major events. I keep having the thought, "If I look forward to event X too much, it won't happen" or "it will get ruined."
I know it's magical thinking. I know I have to fight back against what my brain is telling me, but dammit, sometimes it's just hard! LOL