Stop looking for causation and start changing behavior. That's what I tell people these days. Modern trends in psychology point toward identifying irrational thinking rather than emotional catharsis. Trying to pin down causation is a difficult and often pointless task when the real issue is distorted thinking. Who really cares why you think that way? Most of us would rather just identify the error and correct it. Old school psychology loves to ask the question "why". In my line of work, dealing … [Read more...] about Causation and the Endless Search for Reasons