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A single bad thought, compounding hourly like the worst possible interest rate.
means Losing emotional control as anxious thoughts feed each other and escalate beyond the original problem.
from From the spiral, the geometry that loops inward forever toward a center it never reaches — Latin spira, a coil. The mental sense borrowed the shape: thoughts circling tighter, dropping deeper.
Therapy termClinically called catastrophizing or rumination.
Built to loopThe brain reuses worry pathways, making relapse easy.
Slang shiftNow a casual confession, not a crisis.