Comments on: How to Stop Being a Worry-Wart http://www.lifespy.com/2008/how-to-stop-being-a-worry-wart/ analyzing lifestyles Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:01:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Reeves-McMillan http://www.lifespy.com/2008/how-to-stop-being-a-worry-wart/#comment-115172 Mike Reeves-McMillan Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:58:45 +0000 http://www.lifespy.com/2008/how-to-stop-being-a-worry-wart/#comment-115172 I would add: cultivate the habit of just observing your thoughts and feelings without engaging with them, repressing them or judging them. The metaphor I use is watching traffic going by in the street. If you find yourself running into the street, jumping into one of the cars and being driven off where you don't want to go, get out and go back to watching. If you practice this for a few minutes each day, it builds the skill of letting go of worries. I would add: cultivate the habit of just observing your thoughts and feelings without engaging with them, repressing them or judging them.

The metaphor I use is watching traffic going by in the street. If you find yourself running into the street, jumping into one of the cars and being driven off where you don’t want to go, get out and go back to watching.

If you practice this for a few minutes each day, it builds the skill of letting go of worries.

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