Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): GAD is a specific psychological disorder characterized by excessive worry about various aspects of life on most days for at least six months.
Rumination: Rumination refers to repetitively thinking about negative experiences or concerns without making progress towards solving them. It's like continuously replaying an upsetting movie scene in your mind without reaching a resolution.
Catastrophizing: Catastrophizing is a cognitive distortion where an individual magnifies the importance or severity of negative events, often jumping to the worst possible outcome. It's like turning a small bump in the road into a huge mountain in your mind.