Karen
1/24/2017
10:47:54 PM | Hi Peter and Laura,
I wanted to chime in on this one because I've been very close friends with worry over the years. I read something recently that's really helped me. Can't remember where I read it, but I've tried this and have had positive results.
The premise is that if you find yourself in a full blown worry fest it's very hard to turn it around to its polar opposite of positivity at that time. The suggestion was to not try to do this but to just find a way to shut down...just to go back to dead center...back to neutral and just try to think of nothing...get relaxed. Many people meditate to do this...but I've found that if I'm in a place of anxious worry, that's also hard to do.
One suggestion was music...and...depending on what you're listening to, that can be helpful. The thing that's helped me the most is meditation music. You can find all kinds of meditation / relaxation music on Youtube...totally free. My favorites are the ones that have bi-neural beats...just do a search on Youtube with those words and all kinds of stuff will pop up. That type of music can help shut down the worry loop. Once that gets shut down, then it's so much easier to work on going into a positive direction...like you said Peter..."...create an image of the outcome they would rather have."
Karen
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