How to stop catastrophizing
Catastrophizing is a type of cognitive distortion. It's a faulty and inaccurate way of thinking that involves imagining the worst possible outcome in a given situation.\nCatastrophizing can hold people back in life, work, and relationships and we all do it in some way, and some of us do it a lot more than others.\nUnderstanding the natural psychological processes behind catastrophizing can help us build awareness and learn to create a more balanced and productive view of our futures.\n\n- - -\nConnect with Sam:\n\nSam's newsletter on creativity -\xa0Explosive Thinking\xa0\n\nWatch the pod -\xa0YouTube - Growth Mindset\n\n\nTwitter -\xa0@samjamharris\n\n\nInstagram - @SamJam.zen\n\n\n\n- - -\nChapters\n00:00 What is catastrophising\n03:00 Build awareness\n05:52 Magnifying and minimising\n07:15 The problem with imagined details\n08:58 The human tendency to invent stories\n12:01 Catastrophizing and being diagnosed with ADHD\n14:56 Balancing worst and best scenarios\n16:02 Social anxiety\n17:48 Write a journal\n19:10 Alex Hormozi selling gym subscriptions\n19:48 Want and don't want chair\n22:08 4 step method for mitigating catastrophization\n22:13 Step 1 - Awareness\xa0\n23:20 Step 2 - Challenging the thought\n24:03 Step 3 - Imagine the best\n24:34 Step 4 - Accept uncertainty\n26:19 Catastrophizing is the opposite of Growth mindset\n26:40 Therapy & CBT\n29:20 Episode Summary\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices