Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“you don’t get far in political discourse with counterfactual arguments that “it would have been even worse.” — Alan S. Blinder Copy Share Image
“Most people can suppress counterfactual thoughts before they spin too far down a spiral, those who suffer from clinical depression may not… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
“The fact that counterfactual thinking seems to hone in on the controllable aspects of a situation only increases the chances that a… — Barry Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Regret as a learning tool happens through something called counterfactual thinking—a dynamic with two razor-sharp edges.5 When we look back on a… — David DiSalvo Copy Share Image
What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
“If people literally applied counterfactual religious principles and prescriptions to factual navigation of everyday environments they would likely be either dead or… — Scott Atran Copy Share Image
“counterfactual emotions,” or the feelings that spurred people’s minds to spin alternative realities in order to avoid the pain of the emotion.… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
