Welcome to UnFuck Your Brain. The only podcast that teaches you how to use psychology, feminism, and coaching to rewire your brain

and get what you want in life.

And now here's your host.

Harvard Law School grad, Feminist Rockstar, and Master Coach,

Kara Loyenthyle.

Hello my chickens. So I'm actually around some regular chickens this week like

actual chickens. My family has a place upstate and we have some chickens. So I have been thinking about you guys and all the

chickens. And if you've never hung out with actual chickens, chickens do not have managed

mines. Chickens get freaked out all the time.

They seemingly for no reason.

I'm sure we've all heard the term running around like a chicken with its head cut off,

which is actually quite gruesome,

but chickens kind of run around like that even with their heads on.

And I think that much like real chickens, a lot of us run around clucking and squawking

even when nothing's really happened yet, right?

So today I want to teach you about catastrophizing, which is basically

mentally running around like a chicken with its head cut off. So catastrophizing is the habit

of imagining all the possible future negative scenarios that could happen

and emotionally reacting to your brain as if they're real. So let's say you get an email from your boss and immediately you start worrying that she

hates you and you're going to get fired and end up living in a van.

There's someone you've been dating calls you and doesn't leave a message and you immediately

panic assuming that they're calling to break up with you and now

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