Worrying is an all-in-all bad deal, but it is difficult to stop ourselves using sheer willpower.

.. is a disorder involving extreme levels of unstoppable worrying, for things that usually don’t come true.

Catastrophizing is when people think that the worst outcome will come true and will have consequences that would be unmanageable or unsurvivable. We think worry helps us solve problems and cope up with negative outcomes, but the assumption is inaccurate.