that title should have read "Putting the brake on worrying"

worry won't go away until you decide on a solution to the problem. people who enjoy solving their problems rarely worry about anything.

I don't know how to stop it completely but using breath and stretch exercise do help.

ok thanks for reply

I try to distract myself at night like trying to spell the days out of the week or counting. Sometimes it works

My husband taught me if you can't do anything to change it at that particular moment...which when going to bed you are not going to solve anything...you have to put it out of your mind. And everytime it creeps back in you have to tell yourself I can't fix it at this moment I am trying to sleep and you have to start thinking about other things. I often will imagine I have unlimited money and can redecorate my home...how would it look. What would a new tatoo design be...What would my dream vacation be. Just keep telling yourself there is a time to worry and bedtime is not it!

I understand just what you mean. I find a issure and run with it and before you know it...it is bring a full blown anxiety attack. I take deep breaths, get my mind on anything else...but most of all I pray

feel better

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vicesquad...I like your suggestions

Exaggerating the problem helps. What would happen if, bottom line, if you were afraid to leave your house, what would the worst happen? Think about a plane part hitting you, or that a big wine swept you away into the sky. Silly, huh? it really works.

Procrastination.

I use the laziness. I tell myself I'll deal with it methodically. That I'll write down the problem, do research, analysis, get advice, etc. But, it's time to sleep now, so I tell myself I'll do it later or tomorrow. But, being lazy I never endup actually doing anything unless it's an important concern. If it wasn't so important I forget about it. Then again, these type of distraction tricks have left me with a poor short term memory.

Oh, I do trust myself to do something if it's something important. The distraction/procrastination trick is mainly for the silly useless worries. If something is really important I won't wait till the next day. I have a rational way of problem solving that I learned at work. So, I start that process. Once I write out the problem and listed the next steps, it makes me feel that I've made effort to resolving the trouble.