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:

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Sherri is exhibiting the sunk costs fallacy, which is the tendency to continue investing in a decision or behavior because of previously invested resources, even if it no longer makes logical sense to do so. In this case, Sherri believes that the money and time already spent in therapy justify her continued attendance, even if she is not experiencing any recovery from her disorder.

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