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  • In between catastrophising about my obviously imminent demise, I've been reading up on the vitamins and minerals I'm lacking, and I have a rather embarrassing suspicion that in fact my diet is deficient in them.

    I am lack-of-iron woman 2009

  • Anecdotally (we found no supporting evidence in the literature), some pain theorists view swearing as a sign of ‘pain-related catastrophising’, which may be defined as a maladaptive response in which negative and unhelpful thoughts and ideas are brought to bear when pain is experienced.

    Oh $#*%! Cursing can reduce pain perception 2009

  • Anecdotally we found no supporting evidence in the literature, some pain theorists view swearing as a sign of ‘pain-related catastrophising’, which may be defined as a maladaptive response in which negative and unhelpful thoughts and ideas are brought to bear when pain is experienced.

    Oh $#*%! Cursing can reduce pain perception 2009

  • The primary objective is to determine the effect of the subgrouping for targeted treatment system on back pain related disability and catastrophising at 2 and 6 months, comparing data from phase 1 with phase 3.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Nadine Foster 2010

  • You cannot go on as you are however, catastrophising about what will happen to your life from now on.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Of course, I picked up their negative thinking style and spent a good deal of my childhood and adolescence perfecting the art of catastrophising and rumination.

    feminist blogs 2010

  • You cannot go on as you are however, catastrophising about what will happen to your life from now on.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • On the whole, I tend to avoid stories that involve catastrophising - there's enough of that going on inside my own mind, thank you very much.

    Tales from the Reading Room litlove 2010

  • You cannot go on as you are however, catastrophising about what will happen to your life from now on.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • You cannot go on as you are however, catastrophising about what will happen to your life from now on.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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