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How assumptions about others' thoughts create self-imposed isolation

I assume everyone thinks I'm annoying so I barely speak in groups anymore

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind projects its own self-judgment onto others and then responds to these projections as if they were reality.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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