WORRY TREE

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This will be a short and concise and may be a little practical write up to help people out of their worries. 

Most of the people that I have met in my life do not treat their own life problems rationally. They panic. They get anxiety attacks. They keep on worrying on their problems and do nothing about it. 

The problem with those people might be an instinctual response to fear that animals are trained. We, human, since we have animal instincts, inherit those qualities, such as freeze, flight, fright response. 


For those people, this worry tree might be a lot helpful. It begins with Noticing your worry. Notice it. Pen it down in clear words. I have done it numerous times. Now ask yourself and write down putting an arrow below your worry, whether it is an artificial worry (That is, something that you made up in your head, for example: someone told you ugly, so now you are worrying you are ugly, or someone looked at you and smirked, so you are now worrying their judgement, or maybe you are fearing failing an exam before it actually happened, etc.) or a real one (Like, you are getting fat and you are worried that you do not work out, You worry that you worry a lot and you cannot stop, you are not studying for the exam but writing a blog about how not to worry, etc.) 

Now, if it is a hypothetical problem, it will have a hypothetical solution. That is, ignore the fucking worry. Some people might say that they just cannot. So, for them, I would say, lie on the bed, start taking deep breaths and for five minutes focus only on your breath. Do this exercise as many times as you worry. This way, at least your body will not lose breath, and your body will be in good spirits while you let your mind fuck you. 

If the worry is about something you can start doing about something, then you start with planning. Plan your actions. Do it leniently, know your nature but also out of your comfort zone. This is now an optimization problem. 

Now, if the plan starts now, quit procrastination and work. If it is for later, quit worrying. Have faith that you have planned it. And you will execute it. And a disclaimer, it is a tree for someone who really wishes to grow out of their worries. Not for someone, who wishes that a magic wand will make everything right for them. 


That's all. Hope it helps some. 

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