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Catastrophising means that a person fixates on the worst possible outcome and treats it as likely, even when it is not. Therapy and medications can help people reduce or stop catastrophising.
Catastrophising is a type of cognitive distortion. Some examples of catastrophising:
- “If I fail this test, I will never pass school and be a total failure in life.”
- “If my partner leaves me, I will never find anyone else, and I will never be happy again.”
Doctors also call catastrophising “magnifying” because a person makes a situation seem much worse than it is.
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