We all face our own irrational thoughts from time to time — we jump to conclusions, we make a mountain out of a molehill, or we worry about things that may not happen or probably will not happen. Most ...

‘It’s the original ideas around adapting irrational thoughts – the “cognitive” part of CBT – that seem to have trickled most into the mainstream.’Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian The first time I ...

Fear, while often seen as a primal instinct meant to protect us, can sometimes lead us down paths of sheer irrationality. It's that gut-wrenching emotion that overrides logic and pushes us to make ...

In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics the link between irrational thoughts and distress is critically examined. Since the cognitive revolution of the early 1950s, thoughts have been ...

Amanda Montell hosts the podcast Sounds Like a Cult. She's also the author of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism. How is it that we are living in the information age — and yet life seems to make less ...