The lies we tell ourselves

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We all like to believe we're in control of our choices.

That we can listen to a little gossip without being influenced by it. Scroll through social media without comparing our lives to everyone else's. Enter a negative conversation without getting pulled in. Put ourselves in a tempting situation and trust that we'll know when to walk away.

But how often do we overestimate our own self-control? And how often do we convince ourselves that something is harmless simply because we want it to be?