CONTROLLING WORRY

CONTROLLING WORRY

“Worry should be considered a major health hazard.

Your heart rate increases, your blood pressure goes up, your

blood vessels constrict, and adrenaline is released by your

brain. Your muscles tense up and your blood sugar goes up

because your mind thinks your body needs extra strength.

Fear and worry typically go together. There’s a self-help

statement I use to control my worries. Once again, it’s worth

repeating this statement. It can calm you as it has very often

calmed me: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not fear.” I

repeat the statement several times with confidence, and the

fear and pressure are lifted from me.

Stress is a known killer. Every day there are people

rushed to hospitals with severe chest pains, but, sometimes,

they are suffering stress attacks. Stress attacks can mask

themselves to simulate a heart attack. I have had such chest

pains when I have pushed myself too much at work. Your

doctor should always determine if it is a heart attack. When

it comes to stress, you could help yourself by using mind and-

body relaxing techniques when you feel stress. There

are times when deep breathing and thinking of a relaxing

place, such as being on a warm beach, can take away the

dangerous stress and worries that could send you to the

hospital. The body has different warning signs to tell you

to calm down and to cut back on the worry and stressful

overworking. Work is good, but not in excess or to the point

that it hurts the body.”

Needless Worrying

“You can diminish stress by becoming self-aware that

90% of the things you worry about are considered by the

experts as needless worry. Needless worrying can consume

your life, drain your energy, and weaken your immune

system, causing you to get sick more easily.

If I find myself worrying needlessly, I tell myself: “Do I

have control over this situation? Can I change the outcome?

Then forget about it!” That’s right. I tell myself, “Forget

about it!” As soon as the words are spoken, a certain feeling

of relief sets in. You can also say, “And this too shall pass”,”

“The realization that the outcome of the situation is out

of my control relieves the tension. There is a great statement

that puts it all in perspective”:

Things We Worry About

“Things that never happen: 40%.

Things over and past, that can’t be

changed: 30%.

Needless worries about our health:12%.

Petty miscellaneous worries: 10%.

Real legitimate worries 8%.

Which leaves 92% of all worry we do

as useless.”

--Dr. Walter Cavert

“We all have a variety of worries and fears as we go

through life: the fear of not marrying the right person;

failing in business; the fear of dying; the loss of a loved one;

the fear of being poor; and thousands of other fears.

You can control your fears by using these techniques:

1- Put the fear in proper perspective.

2- Analyze the fear. Why are you worrying?

3- What is the worst possible thing that could happen?

If the worst possible thing does happen, will you still have

your mind? Will you still be alive? How terrible will it

really be? In reality, how terribly important is this thing

that worries you?

4- Write out the worst possible scenario on paper, then

remind yourself that 92% of all worrying is not necessary.

Positive thoughts help you create your success. Negative

thoughts create a brick wall that surrounds you and keeps

you from seeing what you can achieve.”

C-2005 John Paul Carinci from the book The Power Of Being Differe