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19 Dec 2012, 2:50 pm

Just wondered if anyone else does this, is it as simple as anxiety causing it or is it a whole other trait?

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19 Dec 2012, 3:13 pm

I think it's anxiety, or it feeds into anxiety and anxiety feeds into it.

I don't catastrophize as much as I used to, before starting zoloft.

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19 Dec 2012, 3:16 pm

I'm not 100% sure what that is but I think I do that.

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19 Dec 2012, 3:27 pm

Just a bit; but most of the times I laugh about catastrophes that will never happen (like the end of the world on the 21st of December).

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19 Dec 2012, 3:32 pm

Yes. The world is always ending. I'm the Catholic version of Woody Allen.

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19 Dec 2012, 3:37 pm

Absolutely! As soon as anything isn't going as I planned, I see the end of the world coming - and I believe in it again and again and again.

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19 Dec 2012, 3:38 pm

I have OCD. My life is catastrophizing. :pale: :huh: :pale: :huh:

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19 Dec 2012, 4:44 pm

I catastrophize a lot with things that mean a lot to me. I'm always thinking that if I can't have one thing a certain way my life is pointless and I don't even care to live. I can't live without the one thing I designate but I actually have 4 or 5 "one things".

It's the end of the world if a "one thing" doesn't go right.

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19 Dec 2012, 4:50 pm

It really shouldn't be a yes/no option. There are increments of catatastrophizing. Some make mountains out of mole hills, while some make molehills out of mole turds. I'm of the latter sometimes.

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19 Dec 2012, 4:59 pm

I do to some degree, but I don't go drama queen about it like some people I know online. (Twitter)

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19 Dec 2012, 5:02 pm

I think my generalized anxiety is way more disabling for me than the Asperger's. I try to keep it under control with medication but I still feel like the world is ending every time the slightest bad thing happens

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19 Dec 2012, 5:49 pm

I don't, but DH has it down to an art form. I've been out of work since feb, and he's terrified we'll be homeless. Nevermind we live frugally, have substantial savings, and I have relatives, and am getting interviews. I often compare him to a cross between Rambo and Chicken Little.

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19 Dec 2012, 8:26 pm

Yes, BUT...
The poll is too simple. I did this mostly as a young man. Age has tempered many of my old sometimes negative traits, as it has also opened my eyes,

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19 Dec 2012, 9:40 pm

Daily . . . I'm always struggling to put things in their proper perspective.

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19 Dec 2012, 10:56 pm

I totally catastrophize. It causes a lot of crying jags. Lexapro helps, but only a little bit.

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19 Dec 2012, 11:41 pm

I do sometimes, but my fiancee who I see Aspie traits in definitely does. In fact, he thought the world was going to end when cookie dough started sticking to the board and rolling pin, while I was the one who reassured him that it happens all the time, and added more flour. This was a recent example of that trait I recognize in him, and I think the fact that he has Aspie traits is why we've been together as long as we have, and why we'll eventually get married once I find a new job.

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