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The Cure for Worry and Anxiety Often Lies Within |
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Written by Charles T. Winnbaker
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
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If you have a lot of anxiety, you are not alone. We live in very anxious times, and it seems you cannot pick up the newspaper or turn on the television without seeing and hearing about something new that's worrisome. But if you're suffering from undue stress and overwhelming emotions, take comfort in the fact that the cure for worry and anxiety often lies within yourself.
by CharlesT.Winnbaker
If you have a lot of anxiety, you are not alone. We live in very anxious times, and it seems you cannot pick up the newspaper or turn on the television without seeing and hearing about something new that's worrisome. But if you're suffering from undue stress and overwhelming emotions, take comfort in the fact that the cure for worry and anxiety often lies within yourself.
To figure out what this all means, think back over the course of your life. How many things were you anxious and worry about that just never didn't happen at all? Were you concerned that you were going to get bad news from your doctor, or that you were going to lose your job, or something else, and it never happened?
The cure for worry and anxiety is just like the cure for anything else - prevent it from happening in the first place! If you think about how many things you're anxious about now that will probably never happen, you understand the first step toward the cure for worry and anxiety.
You might disagree with that by pointing out negative things that did happen - maybe you did get terrible news from your doctor or you did lose your job, or something else. Remember though that negative things are a part of life, yours, mine, and everyone else's.
You should remember that you're not the only person in the world to suffer from bad health or unemployment or whatever else your worries are. A major part of the cure for worry and anxiety is to put your own worries in perspective. You survived these incidents, didn't you? The doctor might have given you bad news, but chances are there were different treatment possibilities he or she gave you as well. If you lost a job, you found something else pretty soon, right?
Another part of the cure for worry and anxiety is to put things in perspective. Even if you're dealing with some terrible trauma or circumstance, this too will pass. Really, can you change the future by worrying? Will it fix anything by being anxious?
We all can only plan for the future as well as we can and then ride out the worse times while waiting for the better times. If you figure how useless these feelings are, then you'll be well on your way to finding the cure for worry and anxiety in your own life.
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