Sometimes our mind distorts reality without us even realizing it. Here’s how to recognize the next time your mind plays a trick on you — Our minds can be strange places. Oftentimes, we are slaves of our own cognitive distortions without even realizing it. What exactly are cognitive distortions, you may ask? They are thoughts we have, frequently irrational, that influence our feelings. With this undue influence can come undue control over our behaviors. In…