How do you balance protecting yourself and projecting negative outcomes/ drawing non-factual conclusions in times of a perceived threat? 

I am rationale I’d say 80% of my life, but the other 20% is suffering from projecting a negative outcome that is not even real - in order to protect myself from what appears to be an event that mimics past trauma. 

I am so good at thinking ahead in a positive way in my work and when others come to me for advice but something comes over me when I feel triggered - causing me to sabotage and feel incredibly guilty after.