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Dr. Samantha Boardman on Turning Stress in Strength

The Daily Stoic

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The Consequences of Catastrophizing

I think that comes also really naturally to most of us I'm probably a queen catastrophizer in ways, but we know when you're envisioning that worst case scenario It's all doom and gloom Nothing's ever going to get better. Martin Seligman has come up with this exercise he calls put it in perspective and where he's you know allows you to think of okay What is the absolute worst thing that could happen here like they hated me or whatever? And then consider What's the absolute best case scenario? You know they love me. They're going to double the salary like this is amazing  and then what’s the most realistic? outcome here?" "How can

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