Overthinking and catastrophizing occur when our brains anticipate the worst-case scenario to prepare for potential threats, but this mental process often leads to unnecessary distress because the feared outcome rarely materializes; recognizing this pattern helps us break free from the cycle of anxiety and live more in the present moment.
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It's expectation.
>> Yeah. It's because like you expect it's going to go one way and when it doesn't go that way then a person gets all up in your head and you're just overthinking and you're just like it just runs away with you and then you're just unhappy.
I think that's what it is.
>> We create catastrophize it for ourselves.
>> It's just like your brain just going like what's the worst thing that could happen so that we can prepare for that and then you sit there and you think oh that's so bad.
And then when it actually happens like oh right. So I was spiraling and overthinking it and burning all these bridges for nothing. Yeah. Sometimes it do be for something but a lot of times it's for nothing.
>> Most 99.9% is for nothing.
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