Diary - Bad Thinking

Open a real notebook (or a notes app). Draw a line down the middle. On the left, write the "Bad Thought." On the right, play the role of a defense attorney.

Our brains are wired with a . For our ancestors, forgetting the location of a saber-toothed tiger was a fatal error; forgetting the location of a delicious berry patch was just a minor inconvenience. Consequently, the human brain evolved to prioritize negative experiences over positive ones. It is a survival mechanism, but in the modern world, it is a recipe for chronic anxiety and depression. Bad Thinking Diary

Did anyone else find Hye-ra to be the perfect "chaos" villain? Open a real notebook (or a notes app)

| Bad Entry (Raw Data) | The Pause (Deconstruction) | The Rewrite (Repair) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | “I’m so stupid for making that typo.” | Does one typo define IQ? No. It defines distraction. | “I am human. I will use spell-check next time.” | | “They hate my presentation.” | Do you have the vote tallies? No. You have silence. | “I am interpreting silence as hatred. I will ask for direct feedback.” | | “Everything is going wrong today.” | Everything? What about the coffee you didn’t spill? | “Three things went wrong. Five went right. I overgeneralized.” | Our brains are wired with a

To convert the Bad Thinking Diary into a functional tool, we recommend the for every negative entry: