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Acceptance and control
Remember that you cannot be perfect all the time. Recognise which of your worries you can realistically do something about and which are not in your control.
How to do that:
- Create a list. Seeing your worries on paper can help in identifying which tasks are important, which are achievable, and which are out of your control.
- Acceptance. Open up to difficult feelings and learn how not to overreact to them.
- Interrupt the habit of worry. When you notice yourself worrying, tell yourself something like "Save if for later' or 'It will get done.'
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Stress is harmful to our health
Stress is everywhere and affects multiple biological systems. In the long run, it can damage our health.
- Stress is harmful because even after the initial stress, it may continue to influence how we think, feel, and behave.
- Worry is also linked to poor sleep,...
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Find time to switch off
Only focusing on work can lead to burnout, mental fatigue and physical problems arising from stress. Research shows that finding the time to switch off from work is vital to your long-term health.
How to do that:
- Detach yourself from your...
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Make a worry plan
Create a specific plan about when you are going to engage in worrying. This helps you to stick to it when it gets difficult. It also helps to reduce the potential short-term threat to your health, such as increased heart rate and blood pressure.
- Schedule a limi...
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Reducing worry and rumination
Multiple studies found several psychological interventions for overcoming worry and rumination that can be divided into seven broad types:
- Action planning, such as an appointed worry time.
- Stress management, such as focusing on the more control...
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Postpone and reduce your worries
Introduce a worry-time into your day. For instance, from 7 pm to 8 pm, you allow yourself time to worry freely. When you feel the need to worry or ruminate about something during the day, try postponing these thoughts to your scheduled worry time.
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Build the Mindfulness muscles
- Acceptance: accept that the worries are here and stop trying to make them go away.
- Attention: get out of your thoughts and focus on the world around you.
- Labeling: When a worry pops up, label it as “a worrying thought.” It’s not you. Do not identify with...
Mindfulness is a great exercise
... for learning to accept how we feel and break the habit of worry.
Notice little fragments of worry here and there. Notice yourself being pulled by years of habit to start thinking and worrying. Then choose something different. Choose to stay with the emotion, even if it...
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