this tweet is actually not a joke, nor is the attached gif my rationalization and hair-pulling tendencies can actually make me pretty miserable and anxious, and a lot of the time i can’t even tell it’s happeninghttps://twitter.com/choosy_mom/status/1231608499798282240 …
-
-
at the time, i thought everything was going great. i told my parents and friends about my good grades, campus projects, exciting social scene, etc. i fooled myself too: “i’m working hard and playing harder! i’m getting tons of validation!”
Show this thread -
i suspect that most of us possess fearsome powers of rationalization and motivated reasoning we believe things are going well because we *want* to believe things are going well
Show this thread -
so now my goal is to learn to distinguish, in real time, between: 1. actually good times 2. seems good, but actually bad times
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
