When the sky is always falling – fighting catastrophic thinking
May 30, 2024 | George Yang | 1 Comment on When the sky is always falling – fighting catastrophic thinking
A flubbed line during a high-profile presentation, a typo on an email to key stakeholders or a boss’s request for a Monday morning meeting with a subject line of “TBD” can all cause stress, fear and worst-case-scenario thinking, also known as catastrophizing. Dr. Tsasha Awong, an instructor at the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing […]
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