Emotional Tapestry: Dispelling Worry
Worry can only serve you well if you worry and recognize that a plan of action
is needed, in a stressful situation and then you act on it.
Sympathy and nurturing are traits that make up an earth personality, but
excessive worry becomes a state of restlessness and agitation, producing mental
uneasiness, foreshadowing, anxiety, and painful uncertainty. The "what if"
syndrome is a constant pattern that is played out in the mind of someone who
worries too much. The emotional aspect of earth can carry a deep sense of
emptiness. This tends to make worry or over thinking even worse. This downward
spiral creates a destructive behavior that makes the earth personality seek out
constant reassurance and a sense of neediness. Worry is a destroyer of the soul.
Left unchecked, worry lends itself to hysteria.
Every system in your body is affected by worry. It affects the respiratory
system and aggravates asthma. Since the lungs are related to the skin, it affect
the skin by causing rash, itching or hives. It affects the circulatory system
raising blood pressure, increasing blood clotting and your risk of heart attack
and stroke. Muscle tension can lend itself to headaches, a
href="back_pain.htm">back and body aches. Of course, the related organ, the
spleen and stomach, will increase stomach acid, affect your intestines and can
lead to stomach pain, constipation, diarrhea, gas or heartburn. Since much of
the immune system is apart of the digestive tract, there is growing evidence
that suggests chronic worry can compromise your immune system, making you more
vulnerable to bacteria, viruses, and perhaps even cancer.
Stop The Worry
1. Worry is a viscous cycle that you create. Stop the mental chatter. Think
about something else.
2. Get active in something else: Do volunteer work, clean the house, interact
with a charity, church or community group.
3. Work with those less fortunate: This often shows you how lucky and grateful
you should really be.
4. Issues of control: need to be let go of. "I trust that everything will work
itself out the way it should be". This should be your mantra. Trust can be a
powerful and giving action. "Everything will be okay"!
5. Talk Therapy: whether it is with your best friend, a therapist of a perfect
stranger, sometimes expressing your concerns is all you need to get it out and
on the table.
6. Do something you enjoy: preferably with a friend. Someone who can show you
reality. A friend can ground you and show you the fun you are lacking and the
worry, which consumes you.
7. Exercise: is one of the best ways to push through stress, anxiety and will
make you sweat, burn calories and improve feelings of depression.
8. Calm your mind: by doing some deep breathing, yoga or meditation. Close your
eyes and put your mind into a tranquil, peaceful setting that allows you to
wander and invite a sense of serenity.
9. Know the difference between a situation over which you have control and one
over which you have no control. This will make all the difference in how you
handle something.
10. Let go: If you have done all that you can do to rectify your situation, it
is time to leave it in greater hands. The Universe truly takes care of your
needs. You simply have to ALLOW this to happen.
Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac
https://www.peacefulmind.com/summer.htm#Late Summer
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