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I think several forum members contributed to the Stanford project 'Rename Catastrophizing' from which I used several quotes. The project was posted in this thread: https://www.s4me.info/threads/rename-pain-catastrophizing-stanford-study-survey.15337/

Would be interesting to hear other thoughts about this: are there parts in the text that you disagree with or that we overlooked? There is some info that did not easily fit into the blog (otherwise it would be too long) and that I hope to post here in this thread in the coming days.

Twitter summary here: 1) New blog post about catastrophizing and why this term risks blaming patients by mislabeling their symptoms as exaggerated negative thoughts. 2) Catastrophizing has been a popular topic because it is one of the most consistent psychological predictors of adverse pain...

Catastrophizing, time to ditch the term? Catastrophizing, a cognitive distortion that amplifies the perceived threat of symptoms, has been at the center of cognitive-behavioral models of pain and fatigue. In recent years, however, researchers argued that the concept has been misapplied and that...