I decided to make myself a sign,
because I think stopping, and recognizing which kind of worry it is, is
important.
When I Googled Worry 1 vs Worry 2, I
got a lot of info re worry vs anxiety, but no good definitions of these 2 kinds
of worry, which surprised me. There's an
important distinction in the field of treatment of anxiety, regarding these two
kinds of worry.
Worry 1 - this is a real, actual
problem - could be long term, short term, big, small, in between, whatever -
but it's real, and hopefully can be fixed, or at least minimized and/or managed.
Worry 2 - this is not an actual
problem, it's worrying about something that COULD happen.
Sometimes there's things you can do
to prevent the likelihood of something happening. This can make a lot of sense -
safety rules are a great example of this. But there's no way to predict for
sure what will happen.
Letting go of a worry 2 isn't easy,
but doing what I can in the moment, is really all I can do. The only thing I really have control over is
myself, in this moment.
Photo credit - Ron
