Why Am I So Negative?!

Your brain can find a single awkward moment and treat it like the headline of your entire day. That’s negativity bias, and it’s not a character flaw, it’s a survival strategy that can get turned up by anxiety, perfectionism, and old learning from relationships and stress. We talk through what negativity bias looks like in real life: the mental replay at bedtime, the “I’m in danger” feeling in totally safe places, and the way one mistake can erase ten good things. Along the way, we tease apar...