What You Need to do to Stop Worrying

Worrying keeps you stuck. Do you find yourself projecting negative outcomes? Do you obsess over the future?

If the answer is yes to anyone of these questions, you are probably spinning your wheels more than you'd like, and depleting your energy on things that you have no control over.

Here are some insights to get help you let go of worrying.

Worrying has no positive effect. Reflect on a time when a worry attack came on. What was happening? Who was the central focus? What were you telling yourself? After some time had elapsed, did what you fear, happen? Did your worrying about it make a difference? The answer most likely is No.

Worry distorts the truth. On the verge of hysteria, which worrying can often lead to, what you perceive as true, probably isn't. You are looking at a situation in a distorted way, and your judgement is clouded.

Worry can be a cover up. Worrying keeps us away from dealing with the real issues. Is there something in your life that you need to attend to but aren't? Why is this? Are you afraid of losing something you have, or not getting something you want?

Worrying saps our energy. Here's an analogy. Let's say your body is made up of sugar cubes. Each cube represents a unit of energy. When you worry, a large number of cubes are used up that could have been put to better use.

When you spot yourself worrying, nip it in the bud. Just ask yourself these questions:

Is what I'm "telling" myself true?
Am I seeing the situation clearly?
What am I avoiding by getting myself churned up?

Then turn your attention to something more productive.