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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 763038" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I am in a special kind of therapy specifically to stop catastrophizing. Catastrophizing is defined as always jumping to the worst case scenario when a situation that is tough comes up. My therapist wants me to buy Mind over Mood and I am going to work it with her.</p><p></p><p>As one who always jumps to the worst case scenario I am learning how I destroyed my life by doing this. This is partly why I kept enabling Kay. I thought homelessness would end in her death so we bought her houses, cars, paid for apartments, lawyers etc.</p><p></p><p>Kay has been homeless for over a year by now. She is alive, eating, still healthy and putting on FB how much she loves being out of the rat race. Half our very carefully saved retirement went to Kay. Kay is partly living my catestrophic horror story. She is still unemployed and probably on daily weed, if not more, and she is not thriving. But she learned how to stay alive on the streets without money from us. She tried to get Disability, food share and Medicard and she did. She is not dead. </p><p></p><p>Catastrophizing may be the most harmful cognitive distortion there is. It rarely ends up being what happens.</p><p></p><p>I wish you hugs and love.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 763038, member: 1550"] I am in a special kind of therapy specifically to stop catastrophizing. Catastrophizing is defined as always jumping to the worst case scenario when a situation that is tough comes up. My therapist wants me to buy Mind over Mood and I am going to work it with her. As one who always jumps to the worst case scenario I am learning how I destroyed my life by doing this. This is partly why I kept enabling Kay. I thought homelessness would end in her death so we bought her houses, cars, paid for apartments, lawyers etc. Kay has been homeless for over a year by now. She is alive, eating, still healthy and putting on FB how much she loves being out of the rat race. Half our very carefully saved retirement went to Kay. Kay is partly living my catestrophic horror story. She is still unemployed and probably on daily weed, if not more, and she is not thriving. But she learned how to stay alive on the streets without money from us. She tried to get Disability, food share and Medicard and she did. She is not dead. Catastrophizing may be the most harmful cognitive distortion there is. It rarely ends up being what happens. I wish you hugs and love. [/QUOTE]
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