How can I stop making assumptions?

You can stop making assumptions by dealing with facts that can be proven. You must realise that there are multiple ways up a mountain and not one.

Assumptions often stem from not having an open mind or willingness to investigate further. To stop making assumptions, one must go out themselves to seek answers about whatever they may think about something and decide whether these things are true or false. For example, a stereotype is something many people base assumptions off of, but they may or may not apply to the things in mind. I find that doing research using unbiased articles or talking to people in general helps open up your mind, lessening the possibility of making an assumption.

Well, assumptions are an automatic thought process. Stopping yourself from making assumptions is difficult but REMINDING yourself that they are assumptions is pretty easy to do. Taking a step back from a situation and rethinking it should help. "Is this really the most likely scenario, or am I just jumping to a conclusion when so many other things are just as likely?"

This will sound silly, but get creative. When you catch yourself making an assumption, ask instead, "What if..." and mull over an outlandish scenario or two. The better you get at thinking up impossible scenarios, the better you'll get at thinking up unlikely scenarios, and then you might find yourself considering likely and realistic scenarios different than what you would have originally assumed.

i find myself making assumptions all the time in my day to day life and am seemingly unable to stop. Something that could help even though i have no idea if it actually would is to not make assumptions until you have enough information that supports the assumptions you make. You could also try and stop yourself when you catch yourself making assumptions about things you have no previous knowledge about. As i stated in the beginning i do not know if this works but i do not know that it can't work for someone as well. Hope this was nice to read and have a nice day