Cognitive behavioral therapy views "magnification" (as opposed to "minimization") as unconscious, unrealistic mental processing or cognitive distortion, which can take the forms of probability overestimation, or of catastrophizing (also known as terriblizing or awfulizing). This is a form of "making a big deal out of nothing", and may be reactive or predictive. "Whereas probability overestimation refers to exaggerating the 'likelihood' of an event, catastrophizing refers to exaggerating the 'importance' of the event'. Closely related 'is "overgeneralizing", where one takes a single negative event and see it as a never-ending pattern of defeat'.