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Catastrophizing is your brain writing disaster fanfiction in real time.

✗ FAKE
Catastrophizing is a recognized cognitive distortion in which a person expects the worst outcome. It is described in cognitive behavioral therapy, and it is a pattern of thought, not storytelling.

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