Posted by bonnie_ann on February 5, 2002, at 21:35:49
In reply to Re: Does worry serve any purpose?, posted by ST on February 1, 2002, at 2:37:42
My therapist told me to stay in the present and always give your self a way out.
I would always back myself into a corner with the catastrophic "What If's" It created such high anxiety for me and kept the symptoms going. So I just think "come back", focus on right now, go by the minute- no sense in trying to look to far ahead it never turns out the way I think it will. It's never as bad as I worry about. There's always another way to deal with a situation. It's only as bad as you tell yourself it is.
Bonnie
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