Shortcast : Catastrophising

Are you guilty of Catastrophising? We have all been there at some point; once started, it is a circle that becomes a downward spiral. 

A client discussion prompted our topic this week. They are experiencing a financial gap, and it is not getting any smaller. I know it’s a problem that many people are finding where there is more month than money to go around.  

Whether it was a bad day or a bad week, this particular conversation was spiralling down to the bottom of the swamp.

The problem was they had locked onto a train of thought, and the conversation was becoming tighter and tighter, about all the possible things going wrong had gone wrong this week and would go wrong next week.

I appreciate that this situation is complex and that many people are in similar problems. But what is very clear to me with a nod to Einstein.

We are never going to change a circumstance or a situation by using the same thinking that got us into that situation or circumstance.

Getting out of any fix will take fresh thinking, creative solutions and maybe even doing the unthinkable. When we Catastrophise, all of our resilience goes, and the mind locks onto the worst-case scenario.

What is needed is expansive thinking.

Some tools can help. I’ve spoken about living in the spiral many times and the work I do to keep myself moving upward. If I don’t do the work, I tend to slip downwards. So that means, for me, a daily practice, daily work on myself.

On this show, we explore the problem of catastrophising, my experience and the best solution to get out of that line of thinking.

 

 

 

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