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catastrophize

to hyper-imagine negative outcomes to a situation that have no basis in reality. to blow setbacks or problems out of proportion such that you sprial into an emotional catastrophe.
Joe sat, stuck in traffic, and he began to catastrophize missing delivering the perfect sales pitch, losing the commission that he planned to spend on his new outfit that he would wear to the club to meet the perfect girl. He fell into despair as he realized how pointless his life was because of the traffic.
catastrophize by ballistickitten August 17, 2008

catastrophist 

One who imagines the 'worst-case scenario' as something so completely horrific it borders on absurd. A 'catastrophist' usually starts by saying "Yeah but what if..." then, talking at a normal speed, increases speed until they're talking very quickly as they relate their vision of the 'worst-case scenario' which may involve any (or all) of the following things: A psycho with an axe, getting chopped up into little pieces, ending up homeless and destitute, sucking dick for crack, any number of serious diseases or medical afflictions (See Chuck Palahniuk's "Choke" the main character had catastrophist tendancies)

see also "final destinationism" (yet to be defined)
"Dude, it's one stupid term-paper"
"Yeah but if I don't do well on this one then my GPA falls and I'll never get into a good college and I won't get a good job and that will DEVASTATE my mother and she'll commit suicide and I'll have to take care of my little brother and he'll get Lupus, need a kidney and I will be forced to sell my ass on the street because I can't afford the surgery because I don't have health-care all because I failed this stupid paper!"
"Stop being such a catastrophist, it's not even worth 10% of your grade!!!"
catastrophist by jaci_b October 12, 2007

Catastrophize

To Catastrophize is to make a situation seem worse than what it actually is.
After you buddy spends 15 minutes complaining about how "crappy" his day was you can turn and tell him to stop Catastrophizing and get on with it.

A friend who is melodramatic would catastrophize a lot.
Catastrophize by Echo Bravo April 14, 2008

catastrophise 

To describe an event in a horrific, gruesome, and tragic way.
I tend to catastrophise when explain my thoughts of the war on terrorism.
catastrophise by Steve May 13, 2005

Catastrophist 

The person who sees the worst possible outcome in everything.
Being a catastrophist, Benji’s mother imagined her son falling through the glass table every time he tried to climb on It.
Catastrophist by Pumpkin123 May 10, 2018

Catastrophaded 

When a person is extremely high or intoxicated and is having such a fun time being out of control .they look around and see what a mess they have made because of it.
"Woohwee!!"..look at this place what a mess !!Looks like whoever made it must be catastrophaded damn all fucked up !!
Catastrophaded by Missme smile December 15, 2018