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- verb   Simple past tense and past participle of 
catastrophize . 
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Examples
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I also remember how I catastrophized when I was in Kenya four months ago.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Every Day 2010
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LESLIE MARSHALL, RADIO HOST, "THE LESLIE MARSHALL SHOW": I ` m catastrophized (ph).
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While he checked my license, I immediately catastrophized: Maybe I'd gotten a parking ticket, someone had taken it off as a prank, I had a warrant, and it was bracelets and backseat-time for me.
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While he checked my license, I immediately catastrophized: Maybe I'd gotten a parking ticket, someone had taken it off as a prank, I had a warrant, and it was bracelets and backseat-time for me.
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Both catastrophized, using words of an unpeaceful mind.
Kevin D. Rollins 2009
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Both catastrophized, using words of an unpeaceful mind.
Kevin D. Rollins 2009
 
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