> verbalizing this kind of thing can help show that often the extreme worst case thinking seems a little more ridiculous out loud.
None of those examples you've mentioned sound in any way ridiculous to me. I've had two of those happen and one very close to.
An approach that seems to be working for me lately is to simply try and accept the (realistic )worst case outcomes as a very real possibility, try to accept it as-is, but without piling on further mental agony with value judgements.
"Yes, XYZ can and probably will happen, but I will survive it. If I don't, I wouldn't need to worry about it anymore anyway."
None of those examples you've mentioned sound in any way ridiculous to me. I've had two of those happen and one very close to.
An approach that seems to be working for me lately is to simply try and accept the (realistic )worst case outcomes as a very real possibility, try to accept it as-is, but without piling on further mental agony with value judgements.
"Yes, XYZ can and probably will happen, but I will survive it. If I don't, I wouldn't need to worry about it anymore anyway."