Question

Tyree doesn't trust women because his last girlfriend cheated on him. when a woman approaches him and seems romantically interested, he gets triggered and thinks, "she doesn't really want to be with me" and then feels nervous. what tyree is experiencing is an example of:

Answer 1

This is an example of thoughts causing feelings. According to the Cognitive theory, emotions are products of our thoughts, not situations. Sometimes we have thoughts called irrational thoughts, which are products of situations we live in the past, these thoughts are not in accordance with reality.

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