Comments on: How to Stop Being a Worry-Wart http://www.lifespy.com/2008/how-to-stop-being-a-worry-wart/ analyzing lifestyles Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:43:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Worry Wart: I Can’t Do Anything, I’m too Busy Worrying About It | Billionaire Woman.com http://www.lifespy.com/2008/how-to-stop-being-a-worry-wart/comment-page-1/#comment-229379 Worry Wart: I Can’t Do Anything, I’m too Busy Worrying About It | Billionaire Woman.com Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:09:31 +0000 http://www.lifespy.com/2008/how-to-stop-being-a-worry-wart/#comment-229379 [...] over a situation. If you are overwhelmed by circumstances that you can’t control, then worrying about it might give you the feeling that you can change them. We all want to be in control of our lives, and [...] [...] over a situation. If you are overwhelmed by circumstances that you can’t control, then worrying about it might give you the feeling that you can change them. We all want to be in control of our lives, and [...]

]]> By: Mike Reeves-McMillan http://www.lifespy.com/2008/how-to-stop-being-a-worry-wart/comment-page-1/#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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