It’s this person that has a tendency towards filtering out the good and holding on to the bad.
Anguish, Amanda; Crews, K'dee Elsen, “Ten Cognitive Distortions” (AudioVerse teaching 30846).
An analogy describing someone who focuses only on negative aspects of life, filtering out positive experiences.
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