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How communication delays trigger abandonment spirals

Every time someone doesn't text me back immediately I assume they hate me

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind fills gaps in information with worst-case scenarios rather than resting in not-knowing.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cognitive distortions — identification and change?”

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