Chronic worry is a maladaptive coping strategy, not a disease.

in your child mind, where your deepest beliefs are, you unconsciously believe the worries are keeping you safe, and you are afraid to let them go.

The mind notes the alarm is painful and draws the conclusion it is dangerous. The mind makes thoughts in the form of worries or projections that are consistent with that perceived danger. These thoughts are worries.

2. There are anxious thoughts created by the mind. The mind is a meaning-making, make-sense machine.

Just because worries activate the alarm does not mean the worries are the cause.

Much of relieving anxious thoughts and worry is making the unconscious conscious.

The more the mind is impaired by alarm, the more we will act from an old, unconscious protective place and our thoughts will reflect the need for protection.

Unfortunately, as you’ll soon see, worrying is a habit that gives the illusion of certainty but comes at a tremendous cost.

The more unstable the environment in which you grew up, the more your unconscious will take over and do whatever it has to do to ensure your survival.