Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It often causes people to spiral, imagine the worst possible outcomes, and experience anxiety. Recognizing the pattern, ...

Image of a woman whose head is illustrated with clouds. Everyone knows what it’s like to wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Some days, you might feel like nothing is going your way, and this can ...

Emotions such as anxiety, anger, depression, and guilt are often rooted in cognitive distortions, chief among which is catastrophizing. The latter cognitive distortion is always about something that ...

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Catastrophizing is a thinking pattern that causes you to focus on the negative. It often causes people to spiral, imagine the worst possible outcomes, and experience anxiety. Recognizing the pattern, ...

Everyone knows what it's like to wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Some days, you might feel like nothing is going your way, and this can impact your mood and motivation. But people who struggle ...

It may start out with waking up feeling ill and thinking to yourself, "I'm hurting today." Instead of recognizing that you have a virus or are recovering from a fall, you jump to the worst possible ...