Someone is angry, it must be my fault. - Personalization, the thinking pattern that over indulges in responsibility for others. It believes you are responsible for what other people are experiencing. Like a kitchen sponge, when feelings are spilt out into the universe, you anxiously soak them up. Over burdened. Over responsible. Over functioning. - Journal Prompt: I feel over responsible when...

Catastrophic Thinking. Worse-case scenarios and a rolodex of fear-mongering possibilities. It sounds like... A fire truck is headed in the direction of my house. I probably left the stove on. My house is on fire. The insurance won't cover it because I was a day late on my last payment. We will have to move away. Change schools. Get new jobs. And life as we know it will be altered forever. It is primal. It functions to prepare and protect. Your brain sees a possibility—it ignores probability—and races to be ready for survival. Journal Prompt: My catastrophic thinking says...