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Why single events trigger complete worldview collapse

My partner says one critical thing and suddenly I'm convinced our entire relationship is doomed

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind engages in all-or-nothing thinking to avoid the complexity of holding multiple truths simultaneously.

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