One of my client’s drasticizing sounded like this: “My boss looked at me funny when I came back from my bathroom break this morning and I know he thinks I’m stupid and lazy and is going to fire me. I just know I won’t be able to get another job. My girlfriend will think I’m a loser and leave me. I’ll get sick from the stress, and with no money to pay my medical insurance and rent, I’ll soon be living out of a shopping cart.” It’s disturbing how many drasticizing inner critic rants end up with an image of homelessness. What a symbol of abandonment!
