Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 days agoWhy We Assume the Worst, and How to Stop
Assumptions distort reality and can harm connections, but CBT helps challenge these thought errors through curiosity and fact-checking.
Since early childhood, she has lied and compulsively schemed to get her way. She perpetually makes bad choices. She had sex with Dina's husband; she stole some things from our mother's house the night she died; she drunk-calls people. And she has perpetrated dozens of small, vindictive tricks against Claire (for whatever reason, Claire receives most of her ire). She can be quite pleasant in small doses, mind you.