Do you find yourself time-traveling to the future and imagining a worst-case scenario for yourself or your child, even when it there doesnt seem to be anything going wrong in that particular moment? Well, this is called catastrophizing, and youre not the only person that does it.
While catastrophizing is 100% normal for human brains, it is never actually useful. We spend time picturing the worst possible outcome, we completely forget about how we and our children are resilient and resourceful, and it gets us nowhere. So, what can we do to see when were catastrophizing and work towards stopping it?
Tune in this week to discover a simple way to reframe your worst-case scenario thoughts and break the cycle of catastrophizing. Im sharing why your brain loves to catastrophize over things that arent even certain, why ignoring it or telling yourself youre worrying over nothing is never the answer, and how to instead meet yourself with empowering thoughts.
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What Youll Learn from this Episode:
Why our brains jump to focusing on possible negative scenarios and reacts to them as if they are real.
What catastrophizing might look like in your day-to-day as the parent of a child with Autism.
Why simply telling yourself not to worry about it never really helps.
The importance of separating the act of catastrophizing from the thoughts youre having.
How to stop believing your brains catastrophizing stories and give more airtime to other possibilities.
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