7 Ways to Minimize Worrying
At our Midwest summer camp, we strive to help our campers live well in the moment, and take away worries. After all, what better time to be worry-free than when you’re a kid! As adults and children, there are multiple ways that we can help with the process. A recent blog from the good folks at Barking up the Wrong Tree has some useful tips. Bullets below, with the full piece at this link.
- Build your mindfulness muscles: Accept, label, redirect attention. Practice daily.
- Find your canaries: The most dangerous emotions are the ones you don’t know are affecting you. When you can say, “Yeah, this is what happens when the worries start” you’ll not only be relieved, you’ll also be able to do something constructive about it.
- Avoid avoiding: Avoiding is bad. You’re telling your brain this is something to be afraid of and giving your worries more power.
- Identify: Worries love the surprise attack. Know your canaries and don’t let anxiety hijack you.
- Engage: Throw yourself into experiences and give them your full attention. Get out of your head and into the world.
- Tend to your emotions: Investigate, accept and label. The worries will dissipate. This is an excellent skill to build.
- Use “opposite action”: As long as the scary thing won’t kill you, do the scary thing and it’ll stop being scary.
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