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- verb obsolete To end a
comedy - verb To regard a bad situation as if it were
disastrous orcatastrophic
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Examples
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Artists tend to "catastrophize," meaning they put the worst possible spin on a situation.
Caridad Pineiro 2010
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But it's much easier to work on these things in the present moment rather than extrapolate and "catastrophize".
Sierra Highlands 2009
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La Petite Coquette! immense pride and joy every time I think of him being told I look “petite” and “skinny” recognizing my tendency to catastrophize the best pharmacy ever
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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La Petite Coquette! immense pride and joy every time I think of him being told I look “petite” and “skinny” recognizing my tendency to catastrophize the best pharmacy ever
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The book offers quizzes so that readers can assess various qualities—such as sociability, neuroticism and the tendency to "catastrophize"—and compare the results with those of Terman's Termites.
How to Keep Going and Going Laura Landro 2011
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Since coming out the other side of ppd and no longer have that to catastrophize over, the environment has become my tormentor.
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Lester said the program would develop "communication skills, cognitive reforming skills and help soldiers not to catastrophize -- don't think of the worse case scenario about every potential problem."
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Lester said the program would develop "communication skills, cognitive reforming skills and help soldiers not to catastrophize -- don't think of the worse case scenario about every potential problem."
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It is effective in depression (where people are taught to think about their tendency to catastrophize — "I had a bad date; no one will ever love me because I am worthless and unlovable").
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Change the topic to some flaw in the "problem" person, catastrophize it, and change the topic so as to distract from the economic shell game.
Joe the Plumber... Ann Althouse 2008
wenderful commented on the word catastrophize
what my father says I tend to do when left to my own pessimism mixed with my rampant imagination
April 2, 2009
oroboros commented on the word catastrophize
"At the University of Toronto, Dr. Mayberg, Zindel Segal and their colleagues first used brain imaging to measure activity in the brains of depressed adults. Some of these volunteers then received paroxetine (the generic name of the antidepressant Paxil), while others underwent 15 to 20 sessions of cognitive-behavior therapy, learning not to catastrophize. That is, they were taught to break their habit of interpreting every little setback as a calamity, as when they conclude
from a lousy date that no one will ever love them."
August 2, 2009
bilby commented on the word catastrophize
Both meanings should apply to the Trump presidency.
April 11, 2019