to catastrophize

Examples

• All

• And so seeing where you're catastrophizing is important.

  Matthew Hussey

• We don't catastrophize and turn things that are molehills into mountains.

  Stanford

• I think, You know, if you're going to catastrophize it like nothing really bad is happening yet.

• So we can say, are you catastrophizing by saying that this is going to end in some kind of a civil war?

  Triggernometry

• And this time, she is not catastrophizing.

  Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)

• It's to understand the the fact that you catastrophize risk is not some personal curse bestowed on just you.

  Chris Williamson

• So not taking emotions as fact is a big one for me that's really, really helped in relationships and it helps me not catastrophize things as well.

• Don't catastrophize when it wasn't, and don't trivialize when it was.

  Dr. Phil

• People who catastrophize often imagine the worst possible outcomes in everyday situations.

• She tends to catastrophize, worrying that a minor mistake will lead to total failure.

Synonyms

L

to look on the dark side

vsto catastrophize

• Informal

1 7.5

Focus on the bad parts of a situation and expect the worst

paints situations as much worse than they are and exaggerates outcomes

How Worried

to panic

272 2.3

to overreact

229 3.8

to catastrophize

1 8.4

to worry

∞ 1.0

to fret

67 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology