My father—may he rest in peace—tended to catastrophize. For psychologists, catastrophizing is the act of fixating on the worst possible outcome in a situation, even when that outcome is extremely ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with worse sleep disturbances are more likely to demonstrate knee pain and catastrophizing in those ...

Catastrophizing is fixating on the worst possible outcome of a situation, even if unlikely. The author shares personal experiences with catastrophizing, particularly regarding a recent health ...

Everyone is guilty of occasionally thinking that the worst possible outcome is going to happen when imagining a future situation. But doing it all the time can have a serious impact on your daily life ...

Consider a few scenarios. Maybe you want to quit your full-time job and start a business, but your mind always drifts to the worst possible outcome: Your startup could fail, all too publicly. Your ...

In patients with fibromyalgia, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) can reduce pain through its effect on pain-related catastrophizing, which involves intensified cognitive and emotional responses to ...

When catastrophic thoughts arise, we can spiral into anxiety. But there are ways to manage them and be less anxious. My sister is prone to catastrophizing. Even a simple problem can lead her to spiral ...

Chronic pain affects the majority of older adults in the United States, and getting enough exercise plays a key role in pain management. New research suggests that how people think about their pain ...