People are so enamored of
worrying that they worry even about things they know will never happen in their lifetime.
"But something quite small can be red if I think people should be
worrying about it."
The underlying belief here could be that
worrying is outside of their control.
Worrying about a stressor keeps the stressor at the front of one's mind and prompts people toward action.
The Worry Trick is an energetic and illuminating self-help book for anyone who struggles with
worrying too much.
"But when
worrying becomes repetitive and leads us no closer to solutions to our problems, it can become a source of physical and emotional stress that can lead to sleep disruption.
The PSWQ is a 16-item self-report questionnaire designed to assess the frequency and intensity of
worrying. All items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (not at all typical of me) to 5 (very typical of me).
THIS is in reference to the article, o[umlaut]How to Stop
Worrying' published in your newspaper on January 17.
Don't listen to all this drivel about
worrying won't get things done or relax, things will iron themselves out (ho!) or even, you will drive yourself to an early end if you are so uptight.
Through repeated practice, a pattern of
worrying in response to fear is shaped and becomes generalized.