Haha .. I sometimes do this ‘Worse case scenario’ and I think it has rubbed off on my eldest daughter. I recently pulled a muscle in my back and was in agony for a few Days around the flat . My daughter asked me ‘What if I needed to be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life , and as our lift has been broken for sometime . How is Dad going to get up the stairs? ‘… Sound familiar?
Oh dear... yes! I'm always catastrophising with my son and saying stuff to him like - don't do that or you'll end up in hospital and won't be able to walk and get bed sores etc etc etc. I need to stop!
I just remember the saying "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail" apparently I should learn chess because I'm figuring out a 100 what it's and then another couple of levels of what if's behind each of those
Brilliant, as ever. And now I feel triply bad that I forgot your son's birthday, PLEASE don't think it's because I have let the carefully orchestrated facade drop. HE DOES EXIST xxx
So happy to read this - “ if I think up an awful outcome in advance, it stops it from happening.” I thought I was the only one who did this!
There’s two of us! I’m sure it works.
I think creative catastrophising needs a whole new category. They should name it after you -- Annabelling???
This could be my legacy!
Haha .. I sometimes do this ‘Worse case scenario’ and I think it has rubbed off on my eldest daughter. I recently pulled a muscle in my back and was in agony for a few Days around the flat . My daughter asked me ‘What if I needed to be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life , and as our lift has been broken for sometime . How is Dad going to get up the stairs? ‘… Sound familiar?
Oh dear... yes! I'm always catastrophising with my son and saying stuff to him like - don't do that or you'll end up in hospital and won't be able to walk and get bed sores etc etc etc. I need to stop!
I just remember the saying "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail" apparently I should learn chess because I'm figuring out a 100 what it's and then another couple of levels of what if's behind each of those
We should be chess grandmasters!
Brilliant, as ever. And now I feel triply bad that I forgot your son's birthday, PLEASE don't think it's because I have let the carefully orchestrated facade drop. HE DOES EXIST xxx
Haha! I’m so paranoid now!