Sherri has obsessive-compulsive disorder and has been in treatment with a psychoanalyst for the past 10 years.Although she does not feel that she is making progress with her therapist,she believes that the money and time already spent justify "sticking around" and seeing if she will ever experience recovery from the disorder.Sherri is showing use of the:

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Sherri is demonstrating the sunk costs fallacy, which is the tendency to continue investing in a situation or decision based solely on the amount of resources (time, money) that have already been invested, regardless of the potential for future benefits. She is justifying staying with her unhelpful therapist based on the amount of money and time she has already spent in treatment, even though she is not making progress.

Sherri Has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Has Been in Treatment with a Psychoanalyst