Remember when? Most of us have played the telephone game as kids. It is the one where a secret is whispered to the person next to you. They in turn tell the person next to them. By the time the secret gets around the room to the last person in the group, it is a “different” tale.
Reason why? One of the best reasons to see a psychotherapist is to clear out forms of distorted thinking. 
All of us have things from our past that we see with a different lens. We come from different size families. We are the 1st child, the middle or the last of many? We may be a single child raised with only adults. In each case we experience life with a different perspective and purpose. Just ask 3 siblings what their parents were like when they were 10 years old and you’ll probably get totally different stories.
Hearing yourself say things … As adults, not only do we carry false ideas from our past, but we are continually taking in experiences from different places. With our fast pace world and news flashes coming out constantly, we don’t always have time to distill our thoughts.
We take pieces of information and see them as truth, when in fact they are false. Maybe we hear part of the story or words out of context and the meaning changes. We may listen to a report of a politician’s speech and wonder why it is so different from having been there firsthand and having heard it. We begin to question our interpretation.
Emotions can mess us up! Sometimes we just don’t see things as they are; we see them from a place of emotion. Just think of how one reacts if they are tired, or angry, or poor.
I used to tell my spouse not to discuss anything of value after 10 pm. By then all good judgment was gone. Although I like to read late into the night, I do not trust my thinking, as well as, when I am alert and well rested.
The same goes for judgments of other topics too. We see someones spouse with another neighbor and think they are being unfaithful. It may not be the case at all; it may be overgeneralizing on our part. It may be entirely different and we have made a poor call.
Status confuses how we are judged. If we have little money, we may not think the way a person with much security will think. We may see a need to only help others like us. We may prejudge or speculate how other people think, act, or purchase. Likewise, if we have always been fortunate financially, we may look down on those with less and speculate false assumptions.
A few suggestions: 1) Think and process ideas before jumping to conclusions. 2) See out professional guidance on problems that keep reappearing. 3) Ask for information to keep clarifying your thinking. 4) Be yourself and think for yourself; don’t adapt other peoples opinions without prayerful thoughts 5) Like the Burning Bush, wait to see how things play out!
Not all counseling is long term. It doesn’t mean you are less of a person. In fact, everyone needs support team. An hour a week isn’t much, but it helps keep us on track and healthy minded.