The Challenge of the Binary - Beyond All Good and All Bad

Podcast: Project I Am · Dr. David J Schlosz

Opublikowano: 2026-09-03

We like to believe we see ourselves and others clearly. Yet under stress, uncertainty, shame, or relational threat, the mind often reaches for simpler conclusions: good or bad, safe or dangerous, success or failure, worthy or unworthy. In this episode of Project I Am, Dr. David J. Schlosz explores all-or-nothing thinking not merely as a cognitive distortion, but as a survival strategy. Binary labels can create temporary certainty and protect us from disappointment, ambiguity, and grief. Yet they also flatten our humanity, turning behaviors into identities and complicated people into fixed categories. Drawing from psychological...