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Mental shortcuts our brain takes that can sometimes lead us to wrong conclusions.
That feeling when you think you don't deserve your success and someone will find out you're "faking it."
Increasing your investment in a failing situation to justify past decisions, even when evidence shows it is not working.
Believing everyone is watching and judging you, when actually they're too busy thinking about themselves.
You achieve a goal, feel happy for a while, then return to your normal happiness level - like running on a treadmill.
Your brain looks for proof that you're right and ignores proof that you're wrong.
You can spot biases and mistakes in others instantly, but somehow miss your own. It's not about intelligence - your brain is literally designed to have blind spots for self-awareness.
That rush when you win a bet? Your brain releases the same chemicals as addictive drugs. And teenage brains are wired to feel it even more intensely.
Buying things you don't need to impress people you don't like. Doing things you don't enjoy to fit in. Living for likes, views, and validation. Welcome to the exhausting performance of seeking external approval.
The paradox where people with little knowledge think they know everything, while true experts are full of self-doubt.
That uncomfortable feeling when your actions contradict your beliefs, forcing your brain to either change what you do or change what you believe.
Your brain judges how likely something is based on how easily you can recall examples—not on actual statistics. Dramatic, recent, or emotional events feel more common than they actually are.
Your brain relies too heavily on the first piece of information it receives (the "anchor"), even when that information is irrelevant or random.
The sunk cost fallacy is continuing something because you have already invested time, money, or effort—even when continuing makes things worse. You cannot get sunk costs back, but you keep investing to justify past investment.
That pattern where you make a plan, it fails, you feel bad for a moment, then you make another plan with the same confidence - and wonder why the cycle keeps repeating.
