Give the brain a blank space and it will often fill it with something. Usually not chickens, unfortunately. This Sheesh! post looks at why uncertainty can turn into assumptions so quickly and how DBT’s Check the Facts skill can help us figure out what we actually know before the chickens take over.

Your brain is built to notice problems and figure out what to do next. That is incredibly useful until it starts treating your thoughts, feelings, relationships, and sense of self like problems that need to be fixed. Where Is My Mind? explores the problem solving mind and what ACT can teach us about making a little more room for being human.