| Catastrophizing and awfulizing are common irrational beliefs that cause anxiety. |
| Can we raise a responsible human being using optimism, joy and good humor without resorting to awfulizing and catastrophizing? |
| So, throughout the day, when you find yourself stuck in awfulizing about the things that seem wrong, remember to say a prayer of gratitude for all the things that are right. |
| Then, six months later record what the actual outcome was, so you can check the accuracy of your awfulizing or catastrophizing. |
| I don't see the upside of being miserable when the science shows that strategic doses of fun can shred the awfulizing and irrational thoughts that are at the root of most stress. |
| A common awfulizing exaggeration uses the words always or never, incorrectly and inaccurately. |
