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Julie Cohen is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist MFT and a Child Mental Health Specialist with a private practice in Los Angeles Her areas of focus include depression anxiety panic post-traumatic stress bipolar…
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I was talking to a colleague of mine awhile back and she told me about this wonderful project she was working on with many of her adolescent clients at a local high school. She hung a huge piece of paper on one of the walls and told the students if they wanted to they could write down anonymously anything that they were worried about.
The premise being that, if only for a moment, they could write their worries down they might also be able to lay their worries down and relax. The response from the teens was amazing and one by one they each wrote something and also found comfort in reading each other's responses. Even though it remained anonymous they felt a connection to each other.
Her exercise reminded me a lot of Daily Strength and how members find peace of mind through sharing their stories in the communities. Awhile back I posted in the anxiety community about this exercise and called it, "leave your worries here." Just like the teens, some members found great relief in posting their worries and leaving it. The post became a tangible place to take the ruminating voices inside and place them outside leaving the mind hopefully a little quieter.
Eventually, the post fell too far back behind other posts and disappeared. But I thought I would again offer a space on DS to write your worries down via the comment section. If you are ruminating and anxious and feel comfortable doing so please feel free to leave your worries here. Also, if you don't feel comfortable, but find the idea intriguing, try journaling this exercise or even post a list on your refrigerator.
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I worry that I will never get back to being my old self again.
I worry that my appetite will never get back to normal and that I'll never want to eat pasta again.
i worry that nothing i do will be good enough
i worry that i will never stop feeling this way
i worry (sometimes) that being depressed may actually lead me to end my life by mistake. then it will all have been a waste
i worry that people will forget about me
i worry that no one likes me
i worry that i will never be happy
i worry that i will never learn to love myself
i worry that she will stop loving me and i will fall apart
i worry that i worry so much
i just worry.....
I worry that I will never be good enough
I worry that we'll end up on the streets like so many other families
I worry that I'll never make a difference
I worry that my husband doesn't know Jesus
I worry there is no future.
I worry that I'll never get over depression.
I worry that I'll never feel normal.
I worry that I'll never be happy.
I worry about my kids.
I worry about everything. Even things I can't control. Even people I don't know.
I worry that I worry too much.
I worry something is going to happen to him.
I worry that my parents are not doing as well as they let on.
I am worried I will be stuck in the hole of negative self-statements.
I am worried my counselor is not helping me anymore.
I am just worried. blah!
I worry about most other things also.
I worry that nothing will be the same again.
I worry that i will give in to the voices, before i get a chance for the medication to work.
I worry about not having the funds to pay for our meds.
I worry that one or both of us will give up on life
I am thankfull for God and his wisdom
I am thankfull for our Son and Daughter and their familes
I am thankfull for the friends I have meet on here.
I worry that God won't forgive me for all the things I have done.
I worry that I might do something that I don't really want to do.
I worry about everything !!!!!!!!!!!!
I am worried about student teaching. I have classroom experience. I've been a church school teacher for 5 years and a teacher aide for two. I have been feeling very anxious lately.
I am always anxious this time of year. I don't like the end of summer.
and worried that maybe I do have hypothyroid something or other but that it's not what's causing my voices and other mood troubles, and that it will be another 6 months before anyone even thinks about getting me to a pdoc.
I worry that I am daring to become irregular about taking my medication in the last few weeks.
I worry that my daughter will love her father more than me.
I worry about being a good mother.
I worry whether I will die early from cancer.
I worry that I will lose my business.
I worry that I am not being a good mother.
I hope I am.
I hope I am giving more than I can see. My wisdom tells me that this is true...but I still worry.
I worry that my daughter will not love me.
I worry that I am allowing myself to fall apart.
I worry that I am not taking my medication regularly.
I worry that I will lose my business.
I worry that I won't regain the energy to get all my work done that I am so behind with.
I worry that my daughter is growing up seemingly so fast.
I worry about my father's health.
I worry that he will die like my mom did.
I worry that my partner will be angry that I trimmed the dog to take his knots out.
I worry that my daughter won't feel I am a real mother.
I want so much for her to live healthy and freely.
I worry that I will be hurt or disappointed.
I worry that I will try to impose my wants.
I worry that my partner will use things against me.
I worry that I will fail.
I worry that my art isnt good enough.
I worry about my hair cut.
I worry that I can't seem to mobilize and sustain my energy and focus to get some of my dreaded to do tasks done.
I worry that I am failing.
I worry that I am alittle flabby.
I worry if I am lazy.
I worry that I won't feel clarity and connection soon enough.
I worry about suffering.
I wish I my compassion toward my own struggles was more accesssible and poinyant.
I probably will visit here again...as I am beginning to recognize this process as important.
Sometimes I feel like a rubber flip flop that is becoming unglued from my flow my gait...like resistance.
One last thing for now...I am soooo thankful that I gave myself the freedom to share this. It feels like a loving thing. What's funny is that I am so loving yet rarely give myself the gift of my own loving. Maybe that is what is missing. I feel scared to share. But this could be good.
I worry that I'm not taking better care of myself.
I worry that I am going more and more unconscious.
I worry about my future.
I worry that he will use my