catastrophize
verb [ I or T ] uk/kəˈtæs.trə.faɪz/ us/kəˈtæs.trə.faɪz/
凡事往坏处想，放大负面情况
to think about the worst things that could possibly happen in a situation, or to consider a situation as much worse or much more serious than it really is
You must stay calm and not catastrophize. 你必须保持冷静，不要往坏处想。
He says that adolescents tend to catastrophize things. 他说，青少年往往会放大事情的负面情况。
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- Cognitive behaviour therapy teaches you not to catastrophize, not to take a minor setback and let it escalate into "nothing will ever go right."
- She sees many patients who "catastrophize" events in their life - they stress over worst-case scenarios to the point where they can't function.
- It's important to have realistic expectations about the amount of sleep you will be able to get and not to catastrophize during a poor night of sleep.
- You can go through an entire day eating really healthily, then you eat one cookie and catastrophize that and say "oh, it's not worth it".