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Avoid Counterfactual Thinking During Grief
During grief-processing periods, actively disengage from "what if" thoughts such as imagining alternate routes or earlier calls. This type of thinking is linked to guilt and can strengthen maladaptive ties to episodic memory.
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“First of all, you want to actively try and disengage from any attempt to engage in what's called counterfactual thinking, the whatifs. What if I had called them a day earlier?”
Andrew Huberman · The Science & Process of Healing from Grief | Huberman Lab Essentials · May 28, 2026 · 14:15 · YouTube ↗
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