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Why workplace mistakes trigger endless mental scenarios

I can't stop thinking about a mistake I made at work last month and I've imagined getting fired a hundred different ways.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Shame creates a recursive loop where the mind punishes itself for being human.

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