Friday Fix: Episode 204
We all imagine catastrophic things happening sometimes. Maybe whenever a loved one doesn’t reply to a text message right you automatically think something terrible has happened to them. Or perhaps every time your boss asks you to meet, you assume that you’re about to get fired. You might tell yourself that you’d be completely destroyed if you got laid off or that you’d never recover if your love interest broke up with you. It’s a common issue we address in the therapy office–skills for managing catastrophic thoughts. In this episode of The Verywell Mind Podcast, I share a strategy that can help take some of the sting out of those catastrophic thoughts. I also explain how to move forward in a productive way even when your brain is dwelling on the worst-case scenario.
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