Summary
"Do you turn all your molehills into insurmountable mountains? This accessible and engaging book will guide you along the path to stop catastrophizing so that you can reclaim control, achieve your goals, and live a happier life. Is your worrying keeping you up all night, eroding your self-confidence... Full description
- Part I: what is worrying, and where does it come from?
- Making mountains out of molehills: the process of catastrophic worrying
- The origins of worrying: what made you a catastrophic worrier?
- The worries of the world: what do people catastrophize about?
- Worried sick: how does worrying affect your mental and physical health?
- Part II: why you worry, and how to stop
- Why do we worry about things that don't happen?: worrying as a compulsive lifestyle choice
- The toxic duo: anxiety and worry: the collision that creates catastrophizing
- Why doesn't worry have an "off" switch?: the worry machine
- Combat catastrophizing by practicing good worry habits: begin to manage your chronic worrying
- The "smart" worrier: become a "smart" worrier and learn how to problem solve
- Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative: tweaking your worry to make it adaptive.