Catastrophize

[Monty]

to hyper-imagine negative outcomes to a situation that have no [basis] in reality. to blow setbacks or problems [out of proportion] such that you sprial into an emotional [catastrophe].

[Julene]

View or present a situation as considerably worse than it actually is.

[Renato]

To Catastrophize is to make [a situation] [seem] [worse] than what it actually is.

[Raeanne Dimick]

to think about the worst things that could possibly happen in a situation, or to consider a situation as much worse or much more serious than it really is: