POSITIVE BELIEFS ABOUT THE ACT OF WORRYING

We all worry from time to time but are you overthinking too much? Is your worrying starting to impact your life? Struggling to switch off that brain of yours?

You might immediately recognise that worry is a net negative. BUT if you are a CHRONIC OVERTHIINKER then you likely hold some positive belief(s) that it serves you in some way. That can be problematic, & this will further encourage you to keep worrying.

Think of it like a smoker trying to quit. They know it’s bad for them, but they might hold the belief that “Smoking helps to calm me down”. In times of stress the smoker will likely keep returning to the behaviour that they wish to stop, all because of that positive belief.

So, to SLOW DOWN the worrying we need to IDENTIFY ANY POSITIVE BELIEFS that we hold & then QUESTION whether it truly is a positive.

This post shows the 5 common belief traps we can fall into. Do you relate to any of these? Think about the typical situations where you start to overthink and ask yourself the following to draw out whether the 5 beliefs apply to you & your situation:
‐ What does worrying about this topic say about me or my values?
‐ If I didn’t worry about this topic, what would that say about me or my values?
‐ What benefit is there to me when I worry about this?
‐ Does worrying about this topic lead me to act differently than I normally would?
‐ Am I concerned that something negative might happen if I didn’t worry about this topic?

CBT can help you to unpack all of this & give you the tools to OVERCOME THE OVERTHINKING. Give this page a follow & I’ll be sure to touch on some helpful tools to combat this.