Yeah, it’s a mental condition called being a programmer.
Oh no, is there any hope for treatment?
Use other people’s code: https://github.com/josephmbasile/FOIAs
Damn, this might actually come in handy. Thanks!
Me, thinking to myself: what if this completely illogical and unlikely thing happened RIGHT NOW
Also me, to my wife: why would you think that completely illogical and unlikely thing would happen right now…
I mean, Trump won so… that illustrates how sometimes things do happen, and it’s often best to be prepared for such?
While not a quick and easy process, programming can be alterred. DBT helps.
Yuuup, this person is doing the classic cognitive distortion called catastrophizing. It’s very worth it to work on overcoming any cognitive distortions you have
DBT?
only know DMT, is DBT something I miss out on?Dialectical Behavior Therapy
This is both a blessing and a curse. For my line of work, IT, I’m often thinking of the possible failure scenarios because I’ll have to deal with them if they happen. I want to make it easy on myself if the worst happens.
At the same time, having my manager saying “we need to chat” will have me basically getting fired 1000 different ways in my head before we walk the 18 steps to his office.
It feels pretty good to be the one person prepared when shit does go down though. So there’s that at least…
If everything’s okay then I’ve forgotten something.
Even mourning people and situations before they are gone.
Caveman thoughts
Literally the story of Inside Out 2
I too am a fan of the Chicago Bears.
I know how draining it is to hear someone who verbalizes their worst case scenario for every situation, but they might just be paranoid.
holy fucking lack of punctuation batman!
I thought I was having a stroke.
