what causes catastrophic thinking
Claiming that thoughts are causing catastrophic thinking are misguided. Catastrophic thinking itself is the thoughts; it is not prompted by thoughts, it is the thoughts themselves. So people on here are basically telling you that thoughts are to blame for thoughts. Well, obviously, but thatâs a tautology and it is meaningless. What causes catastrophic thinking is the emotion of fear. Anxiety, fear, panic - these cause catastrophic thinking. Like Mark Maggin said, it is an evolutionary trait to consider all the possibilities of how something could go wrong, in order to brainstorm how to handle those potentials ahead of time.