All or Nothing Behavior?

[Sarad]

And an older thread

Polarized Thinking

If there is any one behavior I see more than any other on this forum, this is it. All right… or all wrong. All good… or all bad. All win… or all lose. Either / or and no in betweens. Pure dichotomy. No room for shades of gray. Stereotyping. “All meds suck.” “There’s never any hope.” “The docs are all f##k-wits.” “The system is completely broken.” “No one can help me.” “Everyone is out to get me.” Life is simply not like this. But one has to observe to recognize that, not slam-dunk some assertion based on a belief one may not even be able to bring to consciousness. Things are the way they are when they are the way they are. Things change. We have been taught to believe they stay the …

( just check out my comment there. dear lordy. )

Hope this helps @Americano