Our brains sometimes play tricks on us that distort reality.
Two of those tricks are called magnification and minimization.
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a powerful process for challenging our automatic irrational thoughts and managing anxiety. It’s called decatastrophizing.
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When you catch yourself catastrophising in this way, try to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. With the right toolkit, we can come to realise things aren’t as bad as they seem – and so the fear becomes less intense. The scientific name for this process is ‘cognitive reappraisal’:5 changing the interpretation of a situation so that we
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