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Positive Disqualifying Discounting Unreasonable Experiences Deeds Qualities Count

Fallacy Disqualifying or Discounting the Positive
Definition and Examples You unreasonable tell yourself that positive experiences, deeds or qualities do not count (eg We had a good connection yesterday but she probably doesn't want to hang out again." "My high test scores are flukes, and I have to work harder than other and one day my lack of intelligence will be exposed.").

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