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καταστροφολογώ, φέρνω την καταστροφή, κάνω την Κασσάνδρα, γίνομαι Κασσάνδρα
εμφανίζω (κάτι) σαν να πρόκειται για καταστροφή
πνίγομαι σε μια κουταλιά νερό
Άλλα;
OED:
catastrophize
a. intr. To conjecture or perceive disastrous implications or scenarios; to regard a relatively innocuous situation as considerably worse than it actually is.
b. trans. To interpret as disastrous. Also (Psychol.): to perceive (a symptom, esp. one which is relatively mild) as more severe than it actually is.
▸ catastrophizing n. and adj.
a. intr. To conjecture or perceive disastrous implications or scenarios; to regard a relatively innocuous situation as considerably worse than it actually is.
1962 A. Ellis Reason & Emotion in Psychotherapy iii. 71 More specifically, he should perceive his own tendency to catastrophize about inevitable unfortunate situations—to tell himself: ‘Oh, my Lord! How terrible this situation is; I positively cannot stand it!’ 1990 J. Bradshaw Homecoming i. 22 Fear addicts tend to catastrophize and awfulize. 2001 Good Housek. Feb. 115/1 If you tend to catastrophize,‥imagine how your current troubles would have seemed to you ten years ago and how they might seem ten years from now.
b. trans. To interpret as disastrous. Also (Psychol.): to perceive (a symptom, esp. one which is relatively mild) as more severe than it actually is.
1986 D. P. Brown & E. Fromm Hypnotherapy & Hypnoanalysis vii. 265 They may overreact to or even catastrophize everyday hassles. 1991 New Age Jrnl. Apr. 42/1 A pessimist, by contrast, will ‘catastrophize’ the rebuff, concluding that he was dumped because he is a congenital jerk. 1999 Jrnl. Counseling & Devel. 77 210/2 Conversely, the authors have found that individuals with anxiety disorders tend to focus on and catastrophize their physiological and emotional symptoms, thus presenting a more acute picture of their symptoms (more intense, longer duration) than actual monitoring reveals.
▸ catastrophizing n. and adj.
1962 A. Ellis Reason & Emotion in Psychotherapy iii. 71 He should perceive his own tendency to catastrophize about inevitable unfortunate situations‥and should question and challenge this catastrophizing. 1988 J. Bradshaw Healing Shame that binds You ii. x. 195 Catastrophizing results from having no boundaries or sense of worth. 2000 A. Wells Emotional Disorders & Metacognition vi. 99 The procedure strengthens hypervigilance and does not contain information that can correct faulty catastrophising appraisals.
Wiktionary:
to catastrophize (third-person singular simple present catastrophizes, present participle catastrophizing, simple past and past participle catastrophized)
1. (obsolete) To end a comedy
2. To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic
Quotations2. To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic
- 1623 Henry Cockeram, Chauncey Brewster Tinker - The English Dictionarie of 1623
‘To end a Comedy or the like’ (Quoted in OED) - 1947 Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, University of Michigan Research Center for Group Dynamics - Human Relations
Particularly likely to overreact are those who tend to catastrophize (Ellis, 1962) and those who have Type A personalities (Friedman & Rosenman, 1974) - 2001 David H. Barlow - Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders
Another way to catastrophize is to jump to an extreme conclusion from an unimportant or irrelevant event.
Urban Dictionary:
to hyper-imagine negative outcomes to a situation that have no basis in reality. to blow setbacks or problems out of proportion such that you spiral into an emotional catastrophe.
Joe sat, stuck in traffic, and he began to catastrophize missing delivering the perfect sales pitch, losing the commission that he planned to spend on his new outfit that he would wear to the club to meet the perfect girl. He fell into despair as he realized how pointless his life was because of the traffic.
to catastrophize is to make a situation seem worse than what it actually is.After you buddy spends 15 minutes complaining about how "crappy" his day was you can turn and tell him to stop catastrophizing and get on with it.
καταστροφολογώ, φέρνω την καταστροφή, κάνω την Κασσάνδρα, γίνομαι Κασσάνδρα
εμφανίζω (κάτι) σαν να πρόκειται για καταστροφή
πνίγομαι σε μια κουταλιά νερό
Άλλα;
