For various reasons it can sometimes become necessary to change the mindset, to change our attitude to something, eg following trauma or illness. We can re-examine our beliefs with reasonable logic and be successful in turning a negative mindset into a positive one. However, how do we do that without our emotions and misinterpretations of the world getting in the way?
Mindset means improve my skills with effort and practice. So, I have to think positively, that is to say, you have to say to yourself "I can do it".
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It is a critical epistemological question. In many cases, such situations are handled with negligence to the essences. The cognitive power normally varies from individual to individual and therefore, the idea of biasness can be or cannot be depending on the variable capacity
When we carried out the original research - Living with Faecal Incontinence - participants were graded as to whether they were 'Overwhelmed' (O), 'Accommodating (A)' or 'Approaching Mastery (AM)'. Although some had in the first study had learnt how to live with their symptoms (AM), others were overwhelmed.
But by the 10-year follow-up (FU), all but one had moved to AM. In some cases, they now had new conditions to live with.
I don't think cognitive bias was relevant here.
See (to see the table more clearly and to read further): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273378880_Living_with_faecal_incontinence_A_10-year_follow-up_study
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