Jemma Spake
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 23 Apr
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What are we going to do to actually address this?
The quote I always try and come back to is,
as like a touchstone in situations like this, is that when we catastrophize, we suffer twice.
We suffer once in response to an imagined reality, and then again, maybe if that reality does come true.
But we always suffer, even if it doesn't come true.
Like we suffer as a form of insurance almost.
And again, it is about reiterating to yourself, like how often do the worst case scenarios actually happen?
It's a good reminder not to borrow grief and sadness and stress from the future because chances are it won't happen exactly the way you imagined anyways.
Secondly, your level of coping is often something that you underestimate just as much as you overestimate how terrible the situation is going to be.
And this excessive worry doesn't actually leave you more prepared.
So you can't keep listening to your brain as it tries to convince you that it will.
So we need an alternative.
And what I think the alternative is, is this.
If you can overthink the negatives of a situation,
You are just as capable, if not more capable than most, of overthinking the positives as well.
This is essentially a form of emotional replacement therapy, right?
It's like replacing like, I don't know, alcohol for a non-alcoholic beverage or like a cigarette for a nicotine gum.
Replace your negative overthinking vice with positive overthinking.
Take any terrible worst case scenario that your brain is currently cooking up for you about your future or the global future and instead consciously, deliberately imagine all the ways that it could go right.
Even if it feels ridiculously optimistic and stupid, even if it feels delusional, set yourself a challenge.
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