# Kalei — Fragment Detail

9:41
Welcome back. What's on your mind today?
I got through it technically, but I stumbled on the revenue slide. She probably thinks I'm incompetent now. I always freeze under pressure.
You moved from describing the presentation to predicting your manager's private judgment. What do you actually know about her reaction?
Mind Reading
Cognitive distortion
Detected phrase
"She probably thinks I'm incompetent now"

Mind Reading happens when we assume we know what others are thinking — usually something critical or negative about us — without any direct evidence. You saw an expression and immediately filled in a whole verdict about your worth. In reality, your manager may have been processing the numbers, thinking about a question to ask, or dealing with something entirely unrelated to you.

This pattern is especially common after high-stakes moments. The mind wants certainty, so it invents a story. The cost is that you start responding to a story — not reality.

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