#catastrophizing

[furiousgoldfish]

abusive parents will act like the world is insanely dangerous place where you get shot on sight as soon as you make a slightest mistake or displease anyone, when in reality the only place where this happens is your parents house

#abusive parents #toxic parents #faking reality #faking the 'real world' #catastrophizing #fear mongering #escape sabotage #long term abuse

[safe-haven-safe-place]

By @theofficialsadghostclub

#mental health #self care #recovery #healing #anxiety relief #anxiety #cute art #intrusive thoughts #catastrophizing #negative thoughts #thought spiral

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

Eclipse: has abandonment issues

The Afton Virus (fuzzbear edition): It’s free real estate

(A continuation of this lil tidbit I did a while back I guess?? With added lore(???): the Afton Virus, in this au, takes preexisting feelings and amplifies them and twists how one perceives situations into the worst scenario they could possibly be! Basically kinda like catastrophizing! So, basically, if u had to go to the store to get bread? You are Abandoning them, cruel, heartless, and do not care about how much they love you! Ain’t that just adorable!)

(Also if u r seeing parallels to Miette and being kicked like th football then u r right and that is, in fact, the vibe this thought process gives to anyone that Isn’t Infected lol ejdhdjdhdjs)

#tw possessive behavior #tw obsessive love #tw abandonment #tw toxic relationship #controlling behavior #yandere behavior #???? idk that term always kinda confuses me #catastrophizing #fuzzbear au #fuzzbear eclipse #fnaf au #fnaf eclipse x reader #afton virus #field mouse reader #mouse reader #wolpertinger eclipse #bones of a rabbit #bones of a rabbit au #fluffbear au #angst #drama ✨✨✨ #reader: I will be gone for three minutes and then I can cure you ! haha isn’t that good?? *nervous sweating* #eclipse: absolutely not. I will never forgive this

[pr0ject-mayhem]

#relatable #catastrophizing

[eldritchwhispersofficial]

tw: sui mention

How many trans people do you think will commit suicide after Trump becomes president and takes away our rights?

I can think of at least one. *Gestures towards self*

#tw sui ideation #tw vent #catastrophizing #im not okay #actually trans #transgender #transmasc #oh lord i'm gonna die #im gonna die #oh god oh fuck #please help me #11 months #11 months left #anti-trump #anti election #save me #calm me down

[natashatrace]

#anxiety #spilled ink #creative writing #tumblr poetry #catastrophizing #mywriting #daily2024

[nicollekidman]

how do you deal with loneliness?

i close my eyes and put on an album and sing so i can hear my voice out loud, i buy a new plant to keep alive, i hold my cat, i watch episode after episode of tv so i can become unreasonably attached to people who aren’t real, i make sure to take a walk down a street that isn’t SO familiar to me, i try to get some sun, i text my friends from the internet, i remember that loneliness doesn’t mean i’m Alone and that my brain is my biggest enemy and that for as often as i think about people who i’ve never even met, people are thinking about me, i remember that our loneliness connects us in some sort of way and that if it gets bad you’ve got to smother the impulse to shrink inwards and instead reach outward, i go to the coffeeshop and sit and eavesdrop, i reorganize all the closets in my house, and i do a lot of crying. but really the most important thing is that loneliness isn’t permanent and it’s okay to Feel It

#as someone who spends too much time alone it’s really about zooming with your friends and trying to go to sleep before you start #catastrophizing #and try to disrupt your own routine

[serenityquest]

#perspective #problems #catastrophizing

[avpdrecovery]

what's currently helping me with catastrophizing/worrying/analysis paralysis

one of the number one things that i just can't stop doing is worrying and catastrophizing and it's been getting in my way for eons now. it's extremely hard to push through, i end up procrastinating, doing things last minute (which means i can't do them as well as i otherwise would), and of course self-sabotaging.

i used to think that i only catastrophize with "big" decisions, but i noticed that it had crept into small day-to-day decisions as well. just coming up with my daily to-do-list was littered with extremely negative "what ifs" and it was agonizing.

so i tried to force myself to not think negatively, to be mindful and say "c'mon that won't happen..." etc... but it didn't help. my "brain" (or part) would just reject that and do it even worse. i also did the thing i read about where you're supposed to think the negative thought to it's conclusion, which should then help you snap out of it. it did not, in fact my brain is capable of coming up with some pretty gruesome stuff, so that just ended up being an exercise in just how bad things can get.

so then i had this idea: how about adding more options to the outcomes? so now i have a new rule, each time my brain chimes in with a catastrophizing thought, it has to add at least 2 or 3 (or more) good outcomes for the same situation. therefore i'm not left with just one horrible scenario, but two others where everything goes fine or even really good. this has helped me get out of analysis paralysis and tackle the things i need to get done, big and small, while still allowing my brain to "contribute" with warnings. it doesn't get to be the only and the loudest voice anymore, it is obliged to hand out the good scenarios it's been keeping from me as well, to balance things out a little. that way the negative outcome suddenly shrinks to it's appropriate size and it just one among many outcomes.

sure, that doesn't mean negative things won't ever happen, it just means that the idea of them having a chance of happening won't keep me from what i want/have to do. this method has really helped me in the last couple of days, i hope it can help others too.

#daily ramblings #mental health #catastrophizing #worrying #obsessive worrying #analysis paralysis #anxiety #anti anxiety

[howifeltabouthim]

Before I even found you, I imagined losing you.

Lisa Taddeo, from Animal

#foreshadowing #loss #pessimistic #catastrophizing #doom #ill-fated #evocative #what a line #inspo #epigraph #i feel this #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #lisa taddeo #animal

[imekitty]

Confession time: I have not written at all this week because I've been too busy catastrophizing that my cat was dying lol. She had some kind of virus or infection that just took her down, I've never seen a cat that lethargic and weak that wasn't also dying. But after two days of antibiotics, she seems to be back to normal, yay.

But anyway, for anyone familiar with cognitive-behavioral therapy or my therapy fic Ghost on the Couch, I knew I was catastrophizing and yet I couldn't calm myself. I have such terrible, debilitating anxiety. Like the reason I know exactly how to describe Danny hyperventilating is because I do it a LOT. And I can't write when I'm feeling anxious or scared. I can write when I'm busy, tired, mildly sick, or even stressed, but anxiety is the one thing that prevents me from focusing.

And of all the thinking errors, catastrophizing is the only one that I can't talk through and combat effectively. Like yeah, I can tell myself "yes I know this is unlikely, she is only two years old, she is most likely just sick and not dying and she will be back to normal in a few days" but there's a part of my brain that is just so irrational and unreachable, like I just can't talk to it or calm it down.

But all the other thinking errors? Yeah, I can more or less reason through those.

Anyway, now that my cat seems to be okay and not dying after all, I should be able to write again! :D

#anxiety #catastrophizing #it just gets worse the older I get #I just find more and more things to be afraid of #I think I'm particularly on edge because I've already had three cats die this year

[furiousgoldfish]

the worst thing about being abandoned is that overwhelming feeling of shame when that evil voice inside your head says 'how could you be so stupid to believe anyone would care about you'

(this is the result of catastrophizing, you are never stupid for believing this. It's healthy and normal to assume people who interact with you consistently and with warmth do care about you and you could not have known if this was not the case.)

#painful #catastrophizing #feeling ashamed for trusting #internalized shame #feeling unloved #traumatic abandonment #abandonment issues

[mindsetshift]

MINDSET FLAWS...WHAT ARE THEY?

INTERESTING READ:

There are several common mindset flaws that can affect people, including:

Negative self-talk: Negative self-talk involves the tendency to focus on negative aspects of oneself and one's life, leading to feelings of anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem.

Fixed mindset: A fixed mindset is the belief that abilities and traits are fixed and cannot be developed or improved. This can lead to a lack of motivation and a fear of failure.

Confirmation bias: Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out and interpret information in a way that confirms one's existing beliefs or opinions, while ignoring evidence that contradicts them.

Black and white thinking: Black and white thinking involves seeing situations in terms of absolute, either/or categories, without considering shades of gray or complexity.

Catastrophizing: Catastrophizing involves overestimating the likelihood of negative outcomes and imagining worst-case scenarios, which can lead to anxiety and fear.

Victim mentality: A victim mentality involves believing that one is powerless and that outside factors are responsible for one's problems and failures, rather than taking responsibility for one's own actions.

Procrastination: Procrastination is the tendency to put off tasks and responsibilities, leading to stress, anxiety, and missed opportunities.

It's important to recognize these mindset flaws and work to overcome them. By developing a growth mindset, focusing on positive self-talk, seeking out diverse perspectives, and taking responsibility for one's own actions, individuals can cultivate a more resilient, positive, and productive mindset

#self growth #self accountability #self healing #self empowerment #self improvement #mindset #negative self talk #trending #popular #victim mentality #i keep procrastinating #catastrophizing #fixed mindset #growth strategies #health and wellness #peace #love #joy

[funsimplethings]

#how to think #the twentysomething treatment #a revolutionary remedy for age #meg jay phd #mark twain #what if #catastrophizing #worst case scenario

[unwelcome-ozian]

#catastrophizing

[party-gilmore]

anxiety is so fucking embarrassing i can't even send a "Love you! See you tomorrow!" message to my mom without immediately tearing up and launching into a quiet panic because what if something happens what if i don't here lets play a vivid montage of all the different ways she could die in the next 15 hours:

#anxiety #death #parental death #i KNOW there's a specific word for when you keep imagining The Worst Outcome like there's a certain work for this very specific type of #anxiety but I CAN'T remember what it IS #like i mean based off of little to no indication than anything even is wrong at ALL #CATASTROPHIZING #THATS the word! thanks!