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Thank you for the article @Hope, I especially value the mental exercise with the probability in %, I'll definitely practice it.

@mish3l

Glad you found it helpful. Let us know how it goes with the practicing

@Hope I tried to apply the percentage approach a couple of times and it's definitely better than without :) Thanks again!

I thought I was gonna fail my final exam, but I passed them!

Now I feel like I'm never gonna find a new job, but I know I will find a job. It might not be perfect, but it will be temporary anyway. There are so many job offers, so they'll have to take me somewhere.

@smolLITTLEpotato

Congratulations on passing your exam. I love the realistic counter thought. Agreed, it is highly likely you will find a job!

Update: I just found a job and it's one of my dream jobs too! I am so happy! I will add this to my calculations :DD

@Hope Unfortunately, most of your post is just black in the app, and cannot be read. I'm not sure what kind of formatting causes this, I think it must be the coloring. Could you try not to use whatever you used, except for the green text, which is kind of readable, until at some far away point in the future someone can tackle the broken CSS in the app?

Thanks for flagging @cloudySummer

Thanks to @ASilentObserver it's visible now.

@cloudySummer Summer, please try now! It is readable now! <3 Thank you for letting us know.

@ASilentObserver Indeed, thanks!

This is a powerful exercise. Thank you

@Hope

I feared that I would fail class 10 but I thankfully didn’t and passed.

I recently finished my exams and I thought that I will fail in all of them (because I was not able to study properly) but I have gotten marks in 1 subject and I passed and now I think I was worrying for nothing and that I will pass in other 4 too.

I want to go abroad for college (something like Stanford or Oxford) so I hope that I am able to. Let’s see how it goes

@tidyHickory3283

It is great to hear that you passed your exams. Congratulations, thank you for sharing with us. We are rooting for you

@Hope

Thank you! ❤️ 🤗 

@Hope Thank you so much for this post. I do find this exercise kinda helpful. It does work a lot of times.

Speaking of a time when I really thought a very bad outcome was likely but didn't happen, I once embarrassed myself in front of the entire class. I truly believed everyone would hate me for that. I don't know, they might hate me on the inside, but nobody's openly made fun about me for that or asked me anything about that situation and I have never heard anyone gossip about that situation. Everyone in class treats me like they normally do, and I am super duper grateful for that. 😊

@exuberantBlackberry9105

That is a great and relatable real-life example. I believe we all have felt the same way at times. But when we think about it, we have not made fun of or really paid that much attention when someone else did something that maybe seen as embarrassing. But for some reason, we make things harder for ourselves by worrying about it. 

Thank you for reflecting with us

@Hope 

Speaking of a time where I catastrophized was when I got my grades back from 8th grade. They were very bad, and for me it was the worst I'd ever done. I was scared and I vividly remember saying "this isit. You can't recover from this. Say goodbye to med school." I was really struggling that year with my mental health and family issues, both of which I knew weren't gonna get better. 

After 9th grade I had completely reversed my grades and gotten everything back on track. Things weren't over. 

It's really hard to quiet those voices in my head, but I find I can't let them win either. 

@AvyIsKing

It is especially hard to remain positive after such a setback. No wonder you struggled with it but I am very glad you were able to turn it around. What an achievement! 

Could you tag me in the whole series? Thanks 

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@Hope thanks 

@Hope

I catastrophize frequently. It's at the core of my anxiety/depression.

@hematite43

That sounds like a difficult pattern to endure. How do you feel about trying out these exercises? 

Love what you're doing here 👍

@Hope

I find myself guilty of this type of thinking a lot of the time. I wasn't even aware that there was a name for it. I have just always thought it was just me & that I was weird & that something was really wrong with me. But, now that I have found this forum about this subject it has really been an eye opening experience. I plan on using these helpful tips to improve my thinking and attitude toward situations in my life. 

@cyanVase4070

Thank you for sharing your experience. I hope you can benefit from the exercises. 

@Hope

To help us get started. Let's all share about a time when we truly believed the worst possible outcome or a very bad outcome was likely but it did not happen. 

@KateDoskocilova

Wow that is quite the opposite outcome!

@Hope this thing has happened to me many times in exams and performences on stage 

@Hope

Thank you for this insightful post. I will definitely try this out.

@Hope

Thank you for this exercise. 

I remember just last year, when I started learning a new language, I thought that I was gonna fail for sure. I was really scared to fail. But, just studying and practicing after I few weeks, it turns out that was just me thinking of the worst outcome because in the end of I didn't fail. 

@Hope 

Thanks for sharing