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11 years ago 0 11226 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi R44,

Hmmmm this sounds like a situation I think anyone would think twice about. It's hard to say if you are catastrophizing or not as I don't know the whole situation. But if you think you are catastrophizing  then you might very well be. Insecurities and  jealousy can easily take over if you are feeling suspicious. Whatever the case may be it sounds like you should definitely talk to your husband about your feelings in depth. How have you talked to your partner about how you feel so far?

Ashley, Health Educator
11 years ago 0 4 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi There,
The challenging thoughtssection of this course comes at a good time and mich needed time in my life / relationship.  I found myself last night feeling withdrawn and not happy about a situation that happened while my partner was away on a busines trip.  I don't know if I should have been upset at the situation, however it most certainly triggered a downward spiral of negative thinking. To give you an idea of the situation, I started asking about my partners business trip and he started telling me about places he went and one of the places was with one of his sisters old school friends.  I was asking about this girl and who she was and stated I was asking because he doesn't know her well and wanted to know what she was all about.  After the discussion I started to feel like the event was kept from me, not sure if this feeling was 'Catastrophizing' or 'Over generalizing' or something like that.  I started thinking the worst of the worst and felt like this shouldn't have been kept from me, why is he keeping this from me, who is this person. You can guess where the negative spirals went and thinking that he had an alternative motive with this person.
 
I am thinking this is my own insecurities playing out here which lead to a spiral of negative thinking??? Any thoughts here, or questions I could ask myself when I start to think this?
 
In the end the negative spiral continued and I attempted Yoga and breathing which helped a bit.  Trying to challenge the thoughts and question why I am thinking that way and what that is attached to from my past / present.
 
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