CONCEPT NOTE - Black and white thinking is something we all do, but for some, it seriously impacts their quality of life. It is the failure in a person’s thinking to bring together both positive and negative qualities of the self and others into a cohesive, realistic whole. It focuses on firmly categorizing every perception and experience. The doors begin to close for us and we miss out on opportunities. It affects our mental health and we feel trapped with anxiety and depression. It is considered as natural but if used too often, there could be serious consequences- like mental illness, impact in the quality of life, feeling exhausted, constant ups and downs. It begins to affect how we feel about ourselves because it tends to overemphasize the negative qualities about us.