A Self-Created State

The trouble is that this kind of worry is almost always distressing and uncomfortable, and sometimes it can even become obsessive, taking on a life of its own. Even more troublesome is that when we worry this way, our worries can act as autosuggestions. They can become significant, even dominant portions of our mental focus throughout the day, taki

Worry, at its core, is the repetitious experience of a mind attempting to generate a feeling of security about the future, failing, then trying again and again and again – as if the very effort of worrying might somehow help forestall disaster.

Not only that, but whatever we worry about we attract. Worry is focusing on what we don’t want to happen, giving these destructive images energy and power.

We begin by acknowledging that it is our own thoughts that give fear and worry energy; without our thoughts they cannot exist. This is a crucial point.

Worry, especially “bad” or futile worry, is simply imagination run amok.

Worry, at its core, is the repetitious experience of a mind attempting to generate a feeling of security about the future, failing, then trying again and again and again—as if the very effort of worrying might somehow help forestall disaster.

Because we have the capacity of imagination, we can spend our time visualising and worrying about negative scenarios that could happen 10 minutes, an hour, a day, or a year or more in the future.