EMOTIONAL REASONING

“EMOTIONAL REASONING”

EMOTIONAL REASONING is thinking with your heart instead of your head. You base decisions only on how you feel rather than taking the facts into account.

· Do you think with your head or only your heart?

· Are you ruled by emotions or do you also use logic and reasoning?

o Hmmmmmmm???????

· Your perception of the world and your environment changes depending on which pair of glasses you are wearing.

· Your emotions can act the same way.

· Your perception of yourself and the world around you might change depending on your emotional state. This often leads to WRONG ASSUMPTIONS!!

EMOTIONAL REASONING is one of the most common types of problematic thinking. Those with depression and anxiety might find they continuously think with their heart instead of their head. They ignore facts and base their can be response to a situation solely on how they feel. Emotions can be misleading. However, your interpretation of a situation might change depending on how you feel. Imagine you have several different pairs of glasses, all with different colored lens.