Control Fallacies (DW#500)
Some experts explain the last two distortions by calling them "control fallacies’.
A control fallacy manifests as one of two beliefs:
(1) that we have no control over our lives and are helpless victims of fate, or
(2) that we are in complete control of ourselves and our surroundings, making us responsible for things which we cannot actually control, such as the feelings and actions of others.
Of course, both beliefs are inaccurate and damaging. While it is dis-empowering to take no responsibility for things within our control, it is equally damaging to to accept responsibility for more than our share, or things which we have no power to change.
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