Finding yourself Catastrophising?

Rewire your brain

At times life can feel overwhelming, and you find yourself going down the rabbit hole of "what ifs", waiting for the other shoe to drop, expecting the worst whether your life is going off course or well.

In fact, for many it can be when things are going really well that our fear kicks in. What if it goes wrong? What if it's too good to be true? What if I lose my job? What if they leave me? What if, what it, what if...

For those of us whose lives are not going as hoped it's very easy to remain in the loop of worst case scenarios, because at that point all you see if proof that things are rubbish and it can be difficult to snap out of depressive or anxious thought patterns that send us deeper into stress, anxiety or depression.

This is what psychologists call Catastrophising.

During these times it helps to take a few seconds to stop the loop. One tool I've used successfully in the past is to close your eyes, feel into your heart space, and say in your head or out loud...

Only Good Awaits Me Now.

You can do it at work, in the shower, anywhere. Nobody needs to know. As long as we keep interrupting those thoughts that send us careening down the road of worst case scenarios that's all that matters - because that's all it takes to slowly rewire our brains to begin going from worst case, to eventually, with repetition, best case scenarios.

This doesn't mean that bad things won't happen - unfortunately that's the human experience - but you will find they happen less, and importantly, when hard times do come by you'll be far better equipped to handle them.

At first you may need to repeat this 10, 20, even 50 times, but soon it really does become second nature, and you'll have fewer moments of catastrophising because you'll have successfully rewired your brain to see from a calmer reality.

So put a reminder to rewire your brain with this quote in your phone, your calendar, sticky note on the fridge or mirror - anywhere that will remind you that catastrophising is not meant to be your default mode. It's a learned behaviour that all of us can begin to unlearn for a far more peaceful life.

It just takes a little bit of work for a huge reward. In this case it really does work to fake it 'til you make it.

I wish you so much peace.

Patricia

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