i’ve started trying to one up my anxiety & intrusive thoughts by adding “and then a meteor hits and we all die” to those thoughts and honestly it’s making me feel better lol

“what if a car suddenly appears and crashes into you out of nowehere in this parking lot” is only slightly more likely to happen than “and then the meteor hits and we all die” and it helps me see anxiety for what it is - anxiety, not rational thoughts that warn me of dangers, but a hypersensitive gremlin in my brain dreaming up the worst case scenarios for every life situation there is

Very Health & Safety conscious of the brain, isn’t it?