One of the most destructive daily habits I carried with me for a long time and I think is a very common one for many people was the thought habit of catastrophizing.
What is catastrophizing?
This is when you build up a nightmare scenario of how everything could go totally wrong in some situation and imagine a big catastrophe in your mind.
You may have a presentation tomorrow and your mind starts to pull up a scenario where you have left your notes at home, you make a fool of yourself, you are embarrassed in front the whole company and your boss yells at you for 20 minutes after the meeting.
“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” Benjamin Franklin
One very common question I've gotten over the years goes something like this:
“I always get nervous before a date/meeting/social gathering and that holds me back from being my true and best self and from doing and getting what I want. What can I do to overcome this?”
This is an issue that used to hold me back in the past and I've more experience with it than I would have ever wanted.
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” Harriet Beecher Stowe
Some days are light and filled with inspiration. Some days are simply routine.
And on some days you may think to yourself: “I give up”.
You may feel like just giving up on…
Your new habit of working out or eating healthier.
Your own small business or blog because you haven’t had the results you expected or wanted.
Hi! I’m Henrik Edberg and I live on the west coast of Sweden.
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