Worry To Your Hair Get's All Furry

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. ~ John Lubbock

It's not a joke, but it should be when people tell worriers not to worry as it's bad for their health. Alongside of worrying about their worries, they now get to worry about worrying. It's rather silly advice, some better advice would seem to be needed.

Worry, it is the state of being nervous and dreading of what is to come. In the world of worry, it is quite linked to anxiety and fear. However, these are two separate issues, and should not be mixed up. The difference between the two is that fear, is fear of the known, and anxiety, is fear of the unknown. Sometimes we are worried, but we don't know what we are worried, and other times we know what we are worried about. 

It would not be very helpful to talk about how debilitating and harmful worry is, but it is necessary to highlight how important it is to address this issue. Moreover, if it's affecting sleep, relationships, and health that action should be taken. Even, if those aspects aren't being affected, one should still try to fix it, just because worrying isn't a nice thing.

To fix worrying is not a matter of waving a magic wand, which would be pleasant if so. However, everyone has different techniques or needs for curing it. Some need breathing techniques, like breathing in through the nose for the count of four and releasing out of the mouth at the count of four. Further methods are, taking the time to sort through one's worries, and find out why you are feeling that way, instead of being worried. Alternately, it may be just simply saying no to worries and leaving it at the front door and picking them up later on. Additionally, sometimes talking about it and working it out the matter with someone can be all that is needed. The problems seem smaller and sometimes a solution is brought to light.

There is a place for worry, but it shouldn't take up so much of your life. It shouldn't be something that paralyzes. There's nothing wrong with worrying about things, if you use it constructively and plan for the future. Otherwise, worrying is not good. If one is like, "Ah, I see that problem, I will fix it". However, if one is like hiding under the bed and worrying about the future, that is not helpful. Worries are real, but worrying won't help, planning is the constructive form of worrying.

 In life and much more, there are so many more worries that we have than the last generation. However, sometimes one needs to come to terms with one self and make peace with everything, find your balance, sort through worries or leave them behind. As a people, we have to be smarter, there are a lot of things that we can't control and that is scary, but do what you can do, and what you can't control will be what it will be. We must try our best, but ultimately, everything lies in lady fate's hands.