Most of us don’t think about how we think. Most of us don’t shine a black light on our daily thoughts. We just allow them in and we can drown in them. Sometimes they consume us, control us, making us ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Distorted perceptions of relationships can be dangerous for ...

Understanding how mood episodes, low energy, and distorted thinking can lead to distancing from loved ones. In the decades I’ve lived with bipolar, and worked with countless others who do, I’ve found ...

Emotional reasoning is a distorted thinking pattern, meaning that we tend to engage in it automatically and when we don’t want to think too deeply. Normally, we form an interpretation about the ...