korrents

A korrentour readingWhat is a korrent?

Generalising particular failures into 'I am bad at everything' is the route from lost motivation to clinical depression.

Drawn from what Masud Husain said

A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What Masud Husain actually said

Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.

  1. Masud Husain

    Professor of Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the…

    if you do for some reason generalize maladaptively to thinking this didn't work and I tried this, this didn't work, and I tried this and I'm really bad at this. That can lead not only to loss of motivation, but what we might call clinical depression.

Added to korrents 24 Aug 2026 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

Sign in to record that you hold this, with a confidence number of your own.

Related korrents

Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.

See this on the map →