"Worry is a frequent companion for anyone who lives with anxiety. As much as we wish the solution to worry were simple, the commands to "Just stop worrying. Let it go. Calm down" just don't work. That's not because you are weak or broken, but because worry is more than just a thought. Worry is its own emotional and physiological response to fear."
"Worry is not your enemy. It exists because you care about your health, your loved ones, your work, and your future. At its best, worry: Keeps your attention on what matters Helps you prioritize Motivates you to prepare or take action. The trouble comes when your worry attaches to things you cannot actually influence, such as other people's choices, unpredictable events, or imagined disasters."
Worry represents a quiet form of anxiety characterized by repetitive thoughts, "what if" scenarios, and rehearsals of worst-case outcomes. Commands to simply stop worrying fail because worry combines thought with an emotional and physiological fear response. Worry can be useful by keeping attention on what matters, helping prioritize, and motivating preparation or action. Harm arises when worry targets things outside personal influence, causing looped escalation and a sense of being controlled by worry. To manage worry, pause and identify the underlying fear and where direct control exists to impact outcomes.
Read at Psychology Today
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