Worry is a kind of thinking about future events that tends to be repetitive and unproductive, leading to nothing more than more worry. It is one of the symptoms of stress.
If you find that you are worrying, there are some things you can do that help.
Write a list of your worries, and then leave them overnight. In the morning, you may have a clearer idea of whether these thoughts are useful or not. You can sort them into productive worries, which can lead you to take helpful action, and unproductive worries, where there is no action that you can take to resolve the problem. Just separating worries into these 2 groups can be helpful. Where you can take no action, the key is to accept the situation.
If you worry a lot and it is getting in the way of your normal life, then set aside a time when you can worry, and only worry at that time. Use a paper and pen and make a note of your worries, and sort them.
These suggestions are very simple, but they have been shown to work.
If you find that you are worrying, there are some things you can do that help.
Write a list of your worries, and then leave them overnight. In the morning, you may have a clearer idea of whether these thoughts are useful or not. You can sort them into productive worries, which can lead you to take helpful action, and unproductive worries, where there is no action that you can take to resolve the problem. Just separating worries into these 2 groups can be helpful. Where you can take no action, the key is to accept the situation.
If you worry a lot and it is getting in the way of your normal life, then set aside a time when you can worry, and only worry at that time. Use a paper and pen and make a note of your worries, and sort them.
These suggestions are very simple, but they have been shown to work.
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