Recently I came across the term ‘the illusion of limited choice’. I’d known the concept for some time as with anxiety and worry, as well as more generally in our lives, it’s a thinking ‘trap’ we often unknowingly fall into.
We can become fixed on a limited number of choices, forgetting that there are many, many other choices we could be making.
In fact, I think it was my Dad who first introduced me to the concept when I was buying my first car.