If You are Anxious Try Scheduling Worry Time

Aug 2, 2011 by Rebecca

Scheduling ‘worry time’ may help you fret less – Health – Behavior – msnbc.com.

An interesting study in the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics finds that scheduling 30 minutes a day to worry can be effective at reducing overall worry.

This is fascinating to me, because while it makes sense when you think about it, it is a little counter-intuitive.

I think that for many people who get caught up in their worries, this would be worth a try.  Worrying and anxiety are often success-killers.  They can keep you paralyzed, stopping you from moving forward.

One of the most important parts of winning is managing anxiety and using it to drive you forward.  Worrying is healthy in smaller doses, but controlling it is key to a happy, successful life.

This study was done on clinically anxious people, so it may or may not be applicable to people with general non-clinical challenges with worrying.  Not to mention, the study was small, so it may not even hold for people with clinical anxiety.  Please don’t use this as a substitute for treatment if you need professional help with anxiety.