Worry Period: Solution To Your Worrying

So you’ve realized that worrying is taking too much time of your average day. You’ve even realized that worrying doesn’t seem to be getting you anywhere. What is more, it has also dawned on you that worrying constantly is making you more anxious and more distressed with each passing day. Well, fret not any further. Rather, fret, but on your own terms only.

What this article will aim to show you is that you need to remember that as long as you’re the master of your worrying, you will be able to use your worrying and anxiety for good; you’ll be able to attain motivation to solve problems or to take action. However, when your worrying becomes your master such that it controls how you lead your life and how you go about things, it is then you need to acknowledge that something must change.

To stop worrying altogether, is impossible and to a certain extent even stupid (after all, we just went over how worrying can be good for you). Even if you try to stop worrying completely, you’ll soon notice that your efforts are futile as you only distract yourself for a certain amount of time. Furthermore, research has shown that the more you try to avoid certain thoughts, the more you fuel them and the stronger they grow.

Thus worry if you want, but on terms which are set by you. Ideally, you should create a daily worry period. For instance, give yourself half-an-hour each day after you return from work. Sit down during this period and worry about whatever it is that you need to worry about. Make sure you do all your worrying at this time as the rest of the day will be a no-worry period for you. Also, ensure that it is a specific time every day and that the worrying period doesn’t fluctuate.

If during your no-worry period of the day something does come up that makes you anxious, make a note for it and then bring it up in your worry period. This way you not only postpone your worrying, but you manage to continue with the normal functioning of your day.  

As you continue with this worry-period practice, you’ll soon see that you have developed a considerable amount of control over your worrying. You can then use this control to reduce the amount of worrying and in turn the amount of anxiety and stress you place on yourself. Alternatively, with the passage of time, you can also reduce the time of your worrying period to help reduce the overall worrying.