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Old 05-07-2007, 07:21 PM   #12 (permalink)
InJoy
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I had the exact same "symptoms" you have referred to in this thread, and I overcame them.

First of all, you need to realize that worry is pretty much the worst thing you can do with your mind. It solves nothing and only serves to make you feel worse. Once you come to terms with that fact, the next thing you must realize is that you have a choice whether to worry or not. I know it doesn't seem like that, especially when you are doing it so much, but please believe me. You can stop.

It's a matter of filling your head with ANYTHING other than worry. If you are busy thinking of something besides what you are worried about, you can't spend that time worrying. I found the most effective things to fill my mind with were things that had the potential to make me smile. Funny movies, books, music, websites, etc. Games, fanciful dreams about my future, happy memories, things in my life for which I was grateful. But if all else fails, dust your ceiling, polish your linoleum, iron your underwear, walk in circles, whatever! Do ANYTHING but worry.

This is just a place to start. Once you grasp this idea and start applying it, I'll be happy to help you get more proactive with your thinking in general.

One last thing. You posted this:
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Originally Posted by vir_maha View Post
I can't able to figure out that it is my thoughts which are compelling me to do these kind of things or it is a kind of anxiety illness or some kind of depressive disorder i am suffering from ?
Wow, that took me back in time. I asked someone a very similar question and I got a startling answer that changed the way I thought about everything:

The problem is in the question.

The brain is the best computer known to man. When you ask it a question, it will work indefinitely to find the answer.

If you ask it, "What is wrong?" It will mull over possible answers without pause until you ask it another question. That means, by asking that question, you fill your mind with an endless cycle of possible answers to the question of "what is wrong". Those answers, whether accurate or inaccurate, will never be uplifting.

On the other hand, if you ask yourself the question, "What is working in my life right now?" or, "What do I have to be grateful for right now?" or something else along those lines, you put your brain to work in a completely different direction.

Give this a try, and see what happens. Most of all, be patient with yourself. If you are worrying as much as you say you are, you've built up quite a habit. It will take some time and work to change that habit. But probably not nearly so much as you think it will.
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