This one speaks to me a lot. I am an expert catastrophizer, and need to get better at living in the present. I wasn't aware of the availability heuristic but that makes a lot of sense!
Suppose the real trick is to reliably distinguish imagined fabrications from empirically informed probabilities wherein present moment steps can objectively reduce room for harm.
Totally agree. There can be some gray areas there when trying to distinguish between the things you can and can't control. But a strong and vivid imagination will often distort your sense of probability and make you obsess over events that are highly unlikely and highly uncontrollable.
This one speaks to me a lot. I am an expert catastrophizer, and need to get better at living in the present. I wasn't aware of the availability heuristic but that makes a lot of sense!
Suppose the real trick is to reliably distinguish imagined fabrications from empirically informed probabilities wherein present moment steps can objectively reduce room for harm.
Totally agree. There can be some gray areas there when trying to distinguish between the things you can and can't control. But a strong and vivid imagination will often distort your sense of probability and make you obsess over events that are highly unlikely and highly uncontrollable.