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Although the worries in the third category tend to be much larger in scope, they are also less immediate and therefore take up less of the worrier’s psychic energy than do more immediate concerns, like the question of what to have for lunch. Whatever you’re worried about, you must realize that worry doesn’t help.
Measuring the Worth of Worry 1. Write down something you were worried about when you were a child. 2. Write down something you were worried about in high school. 3. Write down something you were worried about a year ago. Now ask yourself these three questions about each worry: 1. Am I still worried about this? 2. How has the situation resolved? 3. Did worry help in any way to resolve the situation? I’m willing to bet that in each case worry did little or nothing to help. Specific action may have resolved the situation, the passage of time may have eased or erased it, or you may have simply learned to live with it. What are you worried about right now?
Ten Ways to Get Rid of Your Worries 1. Don’t Resist or Deny the Fear That only sends it underground, where it will fester and grow. It will return, stronger than ever, to attack you when you’re most 232