Cognitive distortion is a cognitive distortion that prompts people to jump to the worst possible conclusion. It can generally take two different forms, making a catastrophe out of a current situation or imagining one in the future. This pattern of thinking can itself be destructive because it's unnecessary and persistent worry does lead to heightened anxiety and depression. If you can imagine the worst happening, you have an opportunity to try and create a plan in advance before that outcome happens. And long-term potentiation shows up everywhere, everywhere, in psychology.
What happens when the worst case scenario happens? Whilst that rarely happens, today we break down catastrophic thinking and why we always expect the worst case scenario.
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