How to Stop Catastrophising!

Connect with your inner resourcefulness

Amanda Maney
8 min readDec 28, 2023
Layers of Love — image by the author

Catastrophising comes from loss of connection

If connection with our inner, most resourceful self is the font of our wellbeing; imagining the loss of that connection invariably freaks us out.

Here’s an extract from recent journaling. Plagued by old grief stories, it took a few teary mornings to uncover the catastrophising…

My Dream Team (inner being, imagined guides, my husband in WiFi and more…) are in bold…

What would you recommend? I’m resisting the sadness. I hate feeling like this. I keep thinking I’ve found my way out and then slipping back in. I guess I’m skipping over the crux of what’s bothering me…

What am I missing?

What’s the worst thing about what you’re feeling, Amanda?

I just feel so… alone.

I’m doing so well most of the time, feeling so good… When I feel bad, it feels REALLY bad and there’s nowhere to take it, but to you.

And not being able to feel my connection with you becomes even more painful.

I so miss Michael in this moment!

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Amanda Maney

Joy-finder. Enthusiast. Alignment coach - Enneagram author/trainer. www.amandamaney.com