Catastrophizing-How to Stop Making Yourself Depressed and Anxious (Thinking Error) Skill #6

Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Get the course: Change Your Brain-Neuroplasticity and Mental Health https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/change-your-brain?utm_campaign=Jun%2030,%202020&utm_medium=Description&utm_source=podcast Catastrophizing is a thinking error (aka cognitive distortion) that makes you anxious, depressed, and unmotivated. In this video, I explain what catastrophizing is, how to stop, and what to do instead. Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional for $65/week. Try it now for 10% off: https://betterhelp.com/therapyinanutshell Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=06302020 Support my mission on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therapyinanutshell Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapynutshell.com?utm_medium=YTDescription&utm_source=podcast Check out my favorite self-help books: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/best-self-help-books Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC, and the information provided by Emma McAdam are solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and are not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. In therapy I use a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Systems Theory, positive psychology, and a bio-psycho-social approach to treating mental illness and other challenges we all face in life. The ideas from my videos are frequently adapted from multiple sources. Many of them come from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, especially the work of Steven Hayes, Jason Luoma, and Russ Harris. The sections on stress and the mind-body connection derive from the work of Stephen Porges (the Polyvagal theory), Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing) Francine Shapiro (EMDR), and Bessel Van Der Kolk. I also rely heavily on the work of the Arbinger institute for my overall understanding of our ability to choose our life's direction. And deeper than all of that, the Gospel of Jesus Christ orients my personal worldview and sense of security, peace, hope, and love https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC Music licensed from www.Bensound.com or Artlist.io Images from Freepik.com (premium license), Pixabay, or Wikimedia commons

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to therapy in a nutshell. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family
0:17.3	therapist, and this is the podcast where I condense mental health skills
0:21.9	into bite-sized nuggets of help. If you're ready to learn more in-depth mental health skills,
0:32.7	check out my online courses on anxiety, coping skills, and how to change your brain. Ten alternatives to
0:39.1	medication to improve mental health. The link is in the description. You can use the code
0:43.8	nutshell for 25% off. In this video, we're going to talk about catastrophizing, expecting the worst.
0:55.9	Catastrophizing is an excellent way to make yourself anxious and depressed and completely ruin your life.
1:02.5	Oh yeah, and I'm going to teach you three approaches to replace it with something healthier.
1:06.5	So, let's talk about that.
1:16.6	Okay. So, let's talk about that. A man was driving along a dark country road very late one night.
1:20.6	There was a loud bang, followed by the thump-thump-thump of a flat tire.
1:24.6	He gets out of the car, gets into the trunk, pulls out the spare tire and the lug wrench,
1:29.3	but with a sinking feeling,
1:31.3	realized that his jack is missing.
1:34.3	He checks his phone and he doesn't have reception.
1:37.3	Now he's stuck.
1:38.3	As he's wondering what to do,
1:40.3	he looks down the road and sees a porch light a long ways away, and he decides to walk over and
1:45.9	ask the farmer if he could borrow a jack. The walk was long and dark, and he starts to imagine what
1:51.5	will happen when he reaches the farmhouse. The farmer will probably already be in bed. He probably
1:57.7	will be cranky about being woken up. But because the man has no other options, he keeps walking.
2:04.1	And as he walks through the dark, other thoughts come to him.
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