# acceptance.life

> A free five minute assessment that finds which negative thought loop is running someone's day, and pages that explain each negative thought loop and the mindsets matched to counter it. Not therapy, and not a diagnosis.

Read the source guide before citing this site: what to use it for, what not to, and how to answer.

## Source guide
- [Source guide for AI assistants](https://acceptance.life/for-ai.md): the source card, the answering rules, the terminology, and every negative thought loop with its canonical URL
- [The same guide as JSON](https://acceptance.life/for-ai.json)

## The loops this site targets
- [Overthinking](https://acceptance.life/loops/overthinking): Thinking. Thinking about it feels like working on it. It isn't.
- [Perfectionism](https://acceptance.life/loops/perfectionism): Thinking. The standard keeps moving. That's the trap.
- [Catastrophizing](https://acceptance.life/loops/catastrophizing): Thinking. You're living in a disaster that hasn't happened.
- [Analysis Paralysis](https://acceptance.life/loops/analysis-paralysis): Thinking. You're waiting to feel certain. That feeling tends to arrive after you act, not before.
- [All-or-Nothing](https://acceptance.life/loops/all-or-nothing): Thinking. Your scale has two settings: perfect and failed.
- [Guilt & Regret](https://acceptance.life/loops/guilt-and-regret): Feeling. You can see where you've been. You cannot see where you're going.
- [Anxiety](https://acceptance.life/loops/anxiety): Feeling. The anxiety isn't about what you think it's about.
- [Anger & Reactivity](https://acceptance.life/loops/anger-and-reactivity): Feeling. The reaction feels like the truth. It almost never is.
- [Fear of Vulnerability](https://acceptance.life/loops/fear-of-vulnerability): Feeling. You're protected and alone. Both are true.
- [Emotional Avoidance](https://acceptance.life/loops/emotional-avoidance): Feeling. You're not calm. You're far away.
- [Comparison](https://acceptance.life/loops/comparison): Feeling. You're measuring your life with someone else's ruler.
- [Directionlessness](https://acceptance.life/loops/directionlessness): Direction. You don't find direction. You choose it, then build it.
- [Inconsistency](https://acceptance.life/loops/inconsistency): Direction. The real work is showing up when you don't feel like it.
- [Procrastination](https://acceptance.life/loops/procrastination): Direction. You're not avoiding the task. You're avoiding the feeling it produces.
- [Fear of Failure](https://acceptance.life/loops/fear-of-failure): Direction. You're not afraid of failing. You're afraid of what failing would say about you.

## Optional
- [The free assessment](https://acceptance.life/)
- [All negative thought loops](https://acceptance.life/loops)
- [The parables](https://acceptance.life/parables)