5 Ways to Stop Overthinking & Catastrophizing

DO YOU NEED HELP WITH ERP FOR OVERTHINKING?

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Find out more about my COURSES for OCD, Health Anxiety, Panic and Agoraphobia here:

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Find out more about my COURSE for OCD here:

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Here is a link to a FREE SELF ASSESSMENT for OCD:

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Here is a GIFT for you. A PDF for The Top 10 Things to Know to Practice ERP for OCD, Phobias & Anxiety:

Here is a link to the VIDEO that describes my I. A.M. method in more detail called, "Brain Hack for Anxiety and OCD":

You constantly ask yourself “what-if” questions, and always imagine the worst-case scenario. You catastrophize every situation, turning small problems into huge, overwhelming ones and the more you worry, the more hyper vigilant you become.

This is what it’s like to live with overthinking, asking yourself “what-if” questions, and catastrophizing every worst case scenario. Whether you struggle with anxiety, OCD, past trauma, social anxiety or health anxiety engaging in a self perpetuating cycle of worry and fear can make even the simplest tasks seem impossible.

Unfortunately, catastrophizing scares your brain into thinking something is very wrong, and unnecessarily activates your fight or flight response. Your brain cannot tell the difference between a real emergency and an imagined one.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. With a few simple strategies, you can learn to quiet your mind and find peace in the present moment. In this video, I review 5 ways to stop overthinking and catastrophizing in this video.

DO YOU NEED MORE HELP?

Here is a special discount code for 10% off Paige Pradko’s online courses for YouTube subscribers: YTTENOFF

How can I help you? Feel free to SEND ME A MESSAGE. I would love to hear from you.

Until next time...I will see you in session,

Paige

Clips and pictures - Google and Pexels

(Although Paige Pradko is a licensed psychotherapist, the views expressed on this video and this YouTube channel including comments or any related content should not be taken for medical, psychological or psychiatric advice. Always contact your physician and mental health provider before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health.)

#paigepradko, #OCDwithPaige, #rumination, #GAD, #ERPforOCD, #worry, #healthworries, #generalizedanxietydisorder, #overthinking, #helpforocd, #ocdtreatment, #ruminating, #OCD, #PureO, #OCDrumination, #obsessivecompulsivedisorder, #PureOOCD, #unwantedthoughts, #intrusivethoughts, #ERP, #exposureandresponseprevention, #healthanxiety, #healthocd

[PaigePradkoTherapy]

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 The Top 10 Things you Need to Know to Practice ERP: Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD, Phobias and Anxiety

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼OCD Self Assessment Quiz

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Free PDF: What to do when Panic Strikes: FACE Fear

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Free PDF: Why Do I Feel That in my Body? Explanations of Bodily Symptoms Due to Anxiety, Stress & Panic

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼Health anxiety quiz

👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼 Contact Paige and to find MORE THERAPY RESOURCES for Anxiety and OCD:

[patriciaanndemello]

Aloha. Having lived through many catastrophes, I find that even if my mind could imagine the worst case scenario it was never how those catastrophes manifested. It was sometimes worse than I could have imagined or sometimes not as bad. However, I did learn that which each level of a catastrophe, there was a new normal that happened afterwards. I was still alive and being resiliant.And as human beings, we adapt. So I no longer worry as intensely as I did before because Anxiety can't predict the future.

[magueysunset]

The brain loves to create problems and illusory threats; it's very conditioned to stay preoccupied with its own problems. Mindfulness is awesome for calming the monkey mind. I like the workbook called 30 Days to Reduce Anxiety by Harper Daniels, and the Tao Te Ching for calming the mind.

[davecnc]

Thank you for helping me ! My health anxiety has be out of control lately. 2 visits to ER last month alone. Sometimes my mind gets away with thoughts of something worse being wrong. These steps are a starting point to get away from that.

[monicmonicc]

My 12year old daughter is suffering from OCD after pandemic. She didnt want to go school nor open the books during class. I bring her to therapist but the progress are too slow. Thanks God i found your video, we watch it together, so she can help herself to identify and ignore the false alarm. Sometimes it didnt work, but at least she tried. Your video help me a lot to understand about OCD. So we can find the best way to overcome her thoughts.

[tellittothemarines]

I just found this video and I must say that it's the best I've seen on this matter. Short, precise and straight to the point. Thank you.

[__lve_m_]

Your helping me a lot so thank you. Because I have
Anxiety, social anxiety and past trauma things and it’s very overwhelming at night times

[twish]

All of this helps me, thank you Paige

[bibliophilejournalist]

Your tips have greatly helped me to reduce my catastrophizing 😊

[rajr]

You are the best. All your content is so relatable as that's what exactly I am suffering from. Thank you so much Paige.

[EB-gtpq]

Thanks for the tips… I wrote them down

[deerblue]

Wonderful as always, thank you so much for this! For two years now I always come back to your videos, and I've learned so much from them. I would like to ask one question. How can one deal with guilt regarding to failure? I often worry about having failed a task or an exam or even a relationship. But even before I know whether I actually failed the exam, I start blaming myself for not passing. To me, the knowledge of being guilty of my own shortcoming is worse than the actual outcome, the failure. Do you have any advice on how to overcome guilt like this? Thank you so much for all you do!

[nishantparmar]

Thank you so much for this video.. It really helped me a lot

[kirkiecookie]

Paige, something i've always wondered about is waking up with a TON of thoughts about the day ahead but almost in an energized or excited way rather than doom or worried? Ive had people tell me this isnt normal but i never saw it as bad. I'm almost wondering if it is related to OCD since my ODC is around productivity/perfectionism/to do lists

[Maureenz]

Hi Paige, I have recently lost a lot of my hearing which has escalated my anxiety and I find myself catastrophizing about any more health issues that will prevent me from working and taking care of myself. I worry constantly about the what if’s and fear the worse case scenario which is making me physically ill. I watched your video and will apply your techniques but how does one take on the “I don’t care attitude” that some people have. It seems they don’t worry about anything and of course if it’s out of your control why worry. I get all that but it’s a challenge to change my way of thinking. Any extra advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for listening :)

[shreyachavan]

Actually i don't know how to handle these things. I started creating story's in my mind. And i think that the people arounde me is going to leave me specially my mom. I think the worst scenario in my mind.without any evidence in reality.it hurts me a lot to think that but i can't control it. It's been long time it is happening with me. I can't focus on my studies. I want to leave these thoughts, questions but how?...i am tired of trying. How? Why me? I am not feeling good.its hurting me.

[sheriberrie]

Wow thank you Paige, you’ve helped me so much truly I needed this ❤❤

[robinelliott]

How to stop ruminating and health anxiety during tapering off prescribed benzodiazapines? I wake up and it’s like Groundhog Day. — I immediately anticipate the scary withdrawal symptoms and I know how horrible my life is now. It’s so difficult to change my thoughts because the withdrawal is terrifying physically and mentally. Im tapering under supervision of my doctor and 2 other therapists and I’m tapering very slowly and it’s still debilitating. I feel like my life has been destroyed by this prescribed anxiety medication that was prescribed for sleep issues. Can you help me!

[beatleme]

Mine is #2 and did happen, :( loss my wife of 13 yrs to cervix cancer at 50 thinking it was butt pain and menopause 8 1 23 ... and usually if i think something neg there is a basis for it n is true, or turns out to be... always thought car accident, but gone nonetheless :(... insomnia since

[nmash]

I get migranes and they make me feel like im losing my mind and control how can I come out of this.i did many visits to the hospital but there's no answer can anxiety do that too?