14 Mental Traps That Keep Controlling Your Life

How to stop people from taking advantage of you? How to finally become a confident person? Sometimes we fall into our own mind’s trap, and we make decisions that can go completely wrong. It’s easy to fall victim to different clichés and stereotypes pounded into our head by society. Our minds constantly play games with us, setting traps and imaginary obstacles. TIMESTAMPS Double standards 0:36 Arguing just for the sake of winning 1:23 Comparing apples to oranges 2:16 Trusting only “your” people 3:00 Overgeneralization 3:51 Blindly jumping on the bandwagon 4:42 We remember only our best traits and actions 5:28 Our brain thinks we’re someone else in the future 6:17 The Peltzman Effect 7:19 Positive expectations 7:59 Catchy jingles and rhymes 8:50 There's always more bad news 9:31 The IKEA Effect 10:12 The “superiority over others” trap 10:52 Do you recognize when your mind is tricking you? How do you cope with this? Tell us in the comments section below! Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightgram   SMART Youtube: https://goo.gl/JTfP6L 5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC Have you ever seen a talking slime? Here he is – Slick Slime Sam: https://goo.gl/zarVZo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices