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awfulizing
vb. (present participle of awfulize English)
Usage examples of "awfulizing".
The Rational-Emotive approach can help you identify your "awfulizing" or unreasonable expectations that are making you frustrated and unhappy.
Thus, the worrier needs to use the cognitive methods cited above to straighten out his/her thinking, making it more realistic and stopping the "awfulizing" or "catastrophizing.
The tennis player does better when he/she gives up self-criticism and awfulizing (Gallwey, 1974).
A related process is awfulizing or catastrophizing: "I'll bet my boy/girlfriend is out with someone else.
And, we have seen how Rational-Emotive and Cognitive therapies address the self-pity involved in "awfulizing" when things go wrong and you feel low.