Psychologies

What’s the worst that could happen?

ow often do you have an anxious thought that transports you to the absolute worst possible outcome? The tendency to assume something catastrophic will happen in the future is known as worst-case-scenario thinking, and this particular type of thinking is remarkably prevalent in anxiety disorders. Worst-case-scenario thinking possesses the extraordinary ability to transform a simple headache into a brain tumour; cancelled plans into personal rejection; or a routine flight into a catastrophic crash. It seems that your mind is inclined to persuade you that the absolute worst

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