How to Stop Catastrophizing
April 6, 2021
All of us jump to the worst-case scenario at times. But if you find you are too often in the grips of catastrophic thinking, these approaches can help.
Anxiety and Panic
Panic attacks are intense periods of fear or feelings of doom developing over a very short time frame -- up to 10 minutes -- and associated with at least four of the following:
- Sudden overwhelming fear
- Palpitations
- Sweating
- Trembling
- Shortness of breath
- Sense of choking
- Chest pain
- Nausea
- Dizziness
- A feeling of being detached from the world (de-realization)
- Fear of dying
- Numbness or tingling in the limbs or entire body
- Chills or hot flushes