Catastrophizing is defined as: imagining the worst possible outcome of an action or event : to think about a situation or event as being a catastrophe or having a potentially catastrophic outcome.
It's easy to do this isn't it? Fear, stress, anxiety and worry seem to control our inner conversation more than we might want to admit.
In Part 2 of, The Inner Narrative, Doug talks about how to conquer fear and shut down the catastrophizing!