In ***8220;The Coddling of the American Mind,***8221; Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt argued that too many college students engage in ***8220;catastrophizing,***8221; which is to say, turning common events into nightmarish trials or claiming that easily bearable events are too awful to bear. After citing examples, they concluded, ***8220;smart people do, in fact, overreact to innocuous speech, make mountains out of molehills, and seek punishment for anyone whose words make anyone else feel uncomfortable.***8221;
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