Jumping to Conclusions

[Worrywort626]

Anyone else do this constantly? I woke up with a toothache and sensitivity. It’s actually a dental implant and crown so not a cavity. Anyway, I immediately thought it’s infected and it will get worse and it’ll need to be extracted. I’ll be prescribed antibiotics which I was have adverse reactions, too...Yada, yada, yada.

I do this with just about everything in my life especially with my physical health.

[Springsteenfan]

Some of my worst moments are waking up in the night with a slight pain here or there and it sends me into a panic attack.

[EleanorRose]

I do this a lot.

You’re certainly not alone in this. I am really bad for doing it with my physical health too.

It’s so easy to do and even though I am sometimes aware I am doing it, I find it hard to stop myself. I often assume the worst!

I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of ‘unhelpful thinking styles’ ; you may have done if you’ve ever had therapy. You can find out more if you Google it. Anyway! Jumping to conclusions is actually one of them.

This might be of interest to you... cci.health.wa.gov.au/~/medi...

[bluestars725]

I do this all the time. It's hard to stop even when I know I'm doing it. I'm constantly jumping to the worst case scenario.