Magical thinking can be as benign as knocking on wood to avoid bad luck or crossing fingers for good luck. It can arise as part of an anxiety disorder, such as a woman chronically worrying that ...

Magical thinking is based on wishing. There’s a lack of grounding in data and practical strategy, which leads to poor decision-making and, ultimately, a misappropriation of resources that often ...

Magical thinking OCD may begin with the same healthy instinct; however, due to an inflated sense of responsibility, sufferers may perceive fault in situations with little or no control.

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Magical thinking is a belief that there are forces in play beyond what we can see and know about the physical world — which can give people hope. Magical thinking is easy to dismiss.

When it comes to sports, magical thinking is merely funny. We implore the TV set to do our bidding and mightily exert our will to get an opposing team to make a mistake.

That combination found a new acuity in her shattering 2005 memoir, “The Year of Magical Thinking,” which chronicled the loss of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, while at the same time dealing ...