Rational Thinking:
an approach to that focuses on altering your patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive emotions and behavior.
Catastrophic Thinking:
refers to unrealistic appraisals of stress that exaggerate the magnitude of one�s problems.
Catastrophic Thinking
3 steps of catastrophic thinking:
Activating event is any potentially stressful transaction
Belief system is one�s appraisal of the stress
Consequence of negative thinking is usually emotional distress
Catastrophic Thinking
The roots of catastrophic thinking is rooted in our belief system.