Shredding your worries
Jo Gibney ACC
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Are you a habitual worrier?
I am. With a large side of catastrophising.
It's so draining. It takes up so much headspace, it takes up so much of my life. Because I let it.
I've been trying to find ways to manage my worry habit, and change my default reactions to uncertainty and mistakes.?
A lot of advice on worry suggests you think of the worst that can happen. The idea being that what will probably happen won't be as bad.
Worst. Advice. Ever.
Never ask a catastrophiser what is the worst that can happen - we've? thought it, analysed and worried about it. Risk registers are a challenge: after all, everything is highly likely to a catastrophiser.?
So this week I am trying something new. Based on conversations I've been having, and posts I've read recently, I am starting 'worry time', dedicated time where I can worry about things.?
And I will write down my thoughts. And then shred them. Keeping my worries in a book means I'm still holding on to them, in some way.?
I'm hoping that this will help me rewire my default reaction away from worrying.?
What are your best tips and techniques for managing worry?
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I've recently set myself a challenge to write 200 words a week on something that interests me, or that I've been thinking about. And to publish it here. So here are some musings from me.
Coaching people to become confident, effective and authentic leaders. Motorbike riding, animal lover owned by one rescue dog and a stray cat.
3 年I think one of the biggest lessons that has helped me is understanding that anxiety is worrying about something has not happened yet and may not happen. And it is a beautiful human design that is meant to protect us - so when we were out hunting and gathering and felt unsafe, our mind and body moved into fight/flight/freeze and protection mechanism. And understanding that in the modern world anxiety is our mind/body saying - hmmm something is making me feel unsafe, threatened or vulnerable so my internal warning system is now on. And simply knowing that and being thankful for the warning, but then knowing - it is okay I have got this. That helps me.
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3 年Ooh I love ‘The worry tree’ even just printing it out, reading it through and writing your answers down pops your brain out of worry and into logical thinking - best thing I’ve done for worry!!