Then there are other members of my family who worry far too much.
We really are all wired differently. Some of us have personalities that are just so prone to worry in so many different situations and circumstances. While others are so layed back. that nothing fazes them.
I think I tend to sit relatively in the middle of that spectrum.
Did you know that research has shown that 90% of what we worry about never comes to pass.
Worry accomplishes nothing except more worry. If we don't turn it off, it will grow and become debilitating. People who worry are more prone to illness and have a poorer prognosis overcoming illnesses.
Worry has been compared to holding a glass of water so long that you eventually
must put it down due to fatigue. Same
with worry, the more we worry the more burdensome our fears become weighing us
down.
If we have a brain that tends to gravitate towards worry, it takes a lot of reconditioning to change. But help is out there. Programs exist to help retrain our brain and how it responds to stressful events in our lives.
One program I know of is "Attacking Anxiety & Depression" from the MidWest Center in Oak Harbor, Ohio. The program was founded by Lucinda Bassett who had to conquer her own panic attacks, agoraphobia and depression. Lucinda is now a motivational speaker and has appeared on numerous TV shows such as Oprah, The View and Robert Schuller's Hour of Power. Her life-changing techniques have been utilized in major companies such as AT&T and McDonalds.
Her steps to emotional wellness have been featured in magazines such as Health, Family Circle and the Journal of Clinical Psychology. She has also authored several books such as "The Solution", "From Panic to Power", "Life Without Limits" and "Truth Be Told: A Memoir of Success, Suicide and Survival".
I personally have not used this program but I know of someone who has and with very good results. There are many who credit this program as revolutionary. Of course, like any self help program, one has to enter it with an open mind and recognize that any improved changes that occur are ultimately a result of the individual effort put into the program. Our brains can be retrained but it takes repeated, consistent work. We will never be without some level of anxiety and that is normal. But debilitating anxiety that affects our day to day living and creates a continuous inner tension is not normal.
Anxiety is worry and it is like a rocking chair, constantly going back and forth but going nowhere.
I personally have not used this program but I know of someone who has and with very good results. There are many who credit this program as revolutionary. Of course, like any self help program, one has to enter it with an open mind and recognize that any improved changes that occur are ultimately a result of the individual effort put into the program. Our brains can be retrained but it takes repeated, consistent work. We will never be without some level of anxiety and that is normal. But debilitating anxiety that affects our day to day living and creates a continuous inner tension is not normal.
Anxiety is worry and it is like a rocking chair, constantly going back and forth but going nowhere.
Corrie Ten Boom (Holocost survivor) said, “Worry does not
empty tomorrow of its sorrows; but empties today of its strengths.”
For myself, when I start to worry too much, I remind myself that God is in control. He is all powerful, all knowing, and all loving so there is no point in worrying. In fact, if I am worrying then my faith in Him is obviously too small.
I am grateful that as a child of an awesome God, I have no need to worry!
Give Thanks!
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