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Managing biased thinking when you're depressed

Managing biased thinking when you're depressed

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Managing biased thinking when you're depressed

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- If your boss suddenly came out of his office and stared at you looking annoyed, you might wait to see what happened before concluding anything, right? But if you're depressed you're more likely to assume the worst and jump to the conclusion that his annoyance has something to do with you. Why does depression lead to such biases in thinking? What other biases does depression create? And how can you manage biased thinking when you are depressed? When you're depressed the connection between the thinking and emotional circuits in your brain is disrupted. Because of this disruption, depression freezes your attention on negative things about yourself. It makes you recall mostly sad memories, and so you expect the worst. At the same time, the reward center in your brain becomes relatively numb and your brain gets stuck in a rut and you start over analyzing things. With this insensitivity to positive things, and an exaggeration of negative things, you become prone to many distortions in…

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