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" ... Common distortion includes exaggeration, catastrophizing, labeling, mind-reading, discounting positive attributes, jumping to conclusions, predicting the future and personalization. ... "
" ... Fear fuels fear. If you’re continually engaging in conversations with anxious people who are absorbed in fear-casting and catastrophizing, you’ll find it hard not to let their anxieties become your own. While it’s important to avoid negative energy draining people at the best of times, when fear is running amok, it’s even more critical. So just as you try to minimize exposure to viruses, you also need to minimize exposure to people who fuel stress. And if you’re in a online chat group with dooms-dayers and panic merchants, do yourself a favor and get out of it. ... "
" ... One of the byproducts of anxiety is feeling chronically stressed. Sometimes, our stressors warrant the internal physiological response they create. Other times, it’s our catastrophizing mind or critical inner voice elevating our cortisol levels and burning out our adrenals. Research shows adaptogens, such as the rhodiola in HUM Nutrition’s Big Chill, help balance adrenals, decrease mental fatigue, and improve concentration—so you can both reduce stress and have the mental fortitude to reality-check anxiety’s stories. ... "
" ... Rather than catastrophizing, examine your assumptions about what the future will bring. Consider other, less adverse future outcomes. Recognize what you can and cannot control. Resist the fear of losing control by deciding to let go of the demand for certainty. ... "
" ... So what do we do about it? First, they suggest taking a hard look at how we over-schedule and over-protect our kids. The world is a dangerous place, but it’s not nearly as dangerous a place as TV crime drama and the evening news would have us believe. Remember: “if it bleeds, it leads”—but what makes something newsworthy is that it is out of the ordinary. Second, drawing on Lukianoff’s experience using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to combat depression, they suggest identifying cognitive distortions—“catastrophizing,” for example, by thinking that everything will fall apart in the event that (say) Donald Trump is reelected in 2020 and using CBT techniques like writing out what caused a certain feeling of distress, how strongly we feel certain emotions, and the cognitive distortions that produced them. Instead of trying to shield people from fearful ideas and words, we do them a service by teaching them effective ways to identify where they are blowing things out of proportion and take action. ... "