Many of us have days where we wake up and tell ourselves the day is going to be awful and we are determined to be in a bad mood, which is generally a self-fulfilling prophecy; positive ...

For some of the notable quotes from this episode ... destiny (it diminishes the relevance of free will), "And the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" did a good job of demonstrating how apparently knowing ...

A self-fulfilling prophecy is when a person’s expectations about a situation come true due to changes in their own behavior. It is a psychological phenomenon that can play a role in mental health.