Why Should We Focus On Worry?
Why Should We Focus On Worry?
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Main Ideas
Learning Objective
Recognize worry as a controllable choice and understand its impact on mental health.
Behavioral Objective
Develop awareness of worry as a form of meditation on the negative and practice redirecting thoughts towards positivity.
Key Thought
Viewing worry as an enemy shows our need to understand and control our minds mind, highlighting the role of self-awareness in managing stress.
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Main Ideas
Learning Objective
Recognize worry as a controllable choice and understand its impact on mental health.
Behavioral Objective
Develop awareness of worry as a form of meditation on the negative and practice redirecting thoughts towards positivity.
Key Thought
Viewing worry as an enemy shows our need to understand and control our minds mind, highlighting the role of self-awareness in managing stress.
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Terms
- Worry
- verb
1. To torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
2. To torment with cares, anxieties, etc.; trouble; plague.
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Terms
- Worry
- verb
1. To torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
2. To torment with cares, anxieties, etc.; trouble; plague.
Introduction
There is something very interesting about the definition of worry: It's a verb! This is important because, as everyone learns in elementary school, verbs are action words.
That means that WORRY TAKES WORK... It is an Activity: "To allow voluntary choice or will."
Why Should We Focus On Worry?
This is a good news/bad news scenario for us. We get to choose whether we worry. Is worry your favorite habit? Consider this situation: you're running late for your child's doctor appointment, you're rushing around yelling at your kids to move faster, get in the car...
It's time we begin to see worry for the enemy that it is! When facing an enemy, it's best to know your own strengths as well as whom you are really fighting.
Ask yourself if you have ever meditated for stress. Now ask yourself if you worry. If the answer is yes, then you are an expert meditator, you just didn't realize it. Worry is meditating on the negative... choose to meditate on the positive instead!
Sun Tzu: Know Yourself and Your Enemies
Sun Tzu, the famous 6th century Chinese General said it best:
"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
The Real Enemy
Let's unpack that concept in the context of stress. First of all, what is the real enemy? The mind is the real enemy. For what purpose? It is our mind that decides how to respond to certain information. As humans, the only thing we have one hundred percent control of is our mind. Again, our mind is the only thing we as humans have 100 percent control over. This quote is doubly true. "You need to know yourself and your mind because they can BOTH be the enemy!"
It's All in Your Head
Dr. Wright often jokes, "it's all in your head." Stress and worry are made up by your mind even if the feeling is real. Wayne Dyer says, "The components of anxiety, stress, fear, and anger do not exist independently of you in the world. They simply do not exist in the physical world, even though we talk about them as if they do." Let's avoid stress response and create some new options.
Video text transcript....
Revise Your Stress Response
On a piece of paper:
- Write three things that cause stress in your life.
- Write what your response typically is to each stress.
- List a better response you could have INSTEAD.
Example:
STRESS: Grouchy co-worker every day.
MY RESPONSE: Stomach ache before work.
ALTERNATE ACTIVITY: Listening to positive music before/during work.
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