Poll Do You Suffer From Black And White Thinking?

[kolie]

This is something that I was not aware of, and learned about through therapy. I find that I struggle with black and white thinking with my personal achievements, I feel that if I do not do something perfectly that I am a total failure. It is something that I am constantly working on.

 

[jude]

That is something I was not aware of in myself until recently. My T told me I saw everything in black or white. No in between
That was a few weeks ago and I have thought a lot about it. I am starting to see that I am like this with myself Not others though
Just me.

 

[Nora]

Yes! I am forever trying to carve the world up into 'good' and 'bad.' Also I'm a bit perfectionist and hard on myself. I'm starting to appreciate more subtleties in people's intentions, actions, and feelings, but still a long way to go!

 

[cdnleaf]

Hello, I was pretty fixated on that as well until I realized there are a thousand shades of grey in between.

 

[Daisy_May]

It's hard when you feel emotional, like angry or irritated, to be objective and say "there has to be more to this story" or "that's a stereotype" or "that might not be true".

I want to vent, to release, sometimes to punish stupidity and call people out on things I think they mean or events I am interpreting, that are not really that way. So when I hear something, I think "that's bad!" "that's stupid!" "they have bad intentions!" etc., when often this is overreacting.

 

[PerfectEmpire]

I think it's funny how the posted question about black and white thinking only has two (black and white) answer choices associated with it: "Yes" or "No". LOL I would have made the choices "All of the time" "Most of the time" "Sometimes" "Seldom" and "Never".

I guess I would have to say "yes" because sometimes, or most of the time, I suffer from it.

 

[greentea21]

I've known that I walk life and see things in black and white for awhile now. Interestingly enought, I had converstation with my father and brother about how I can only see black and white, and how I can't understand the greyish part. While fundamentally I understand the concept of the grey area, in practice I cannot. I always attributed this behaviour as a personality molded from my perfectionist attitude. I've become so exhausted and discourage because 99.99% of life falls in the grey area.

 

[AdamAnt]

I think in color....:)

 

[Tinyflame]

Hey.. like that answer but how DOES one think in colour? Lol
:)

 

[Jawn]

I am with AdamAnt that I think in color. I think you need special glasses Junebug! LOL!

Of course he and I are both carers, so maybe that explains it.

Jawn

 

[Tinyflame]

Ah.. yes that DEFINITELY would be it.. "Special" + "Carers" :)

Hey can I borrow a pair?

 

[Jawn]

Sure you can borrow my glasses, but I'm not sure they will help you see or think any better! HA!

Oh wait......did you really want a pair of carers in AdamAnt and I? :rofl:

Jawn