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SUPPORT FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING - WORRY

Worry is a normal way of thinking but sometimes we can’t control our worry and it starts to affect our daily lives.

Worry

Worry is a normal way of thinking about the future when there are problems or dangers, or when we face something unknown. Mostly we worry about things like school, relationships with friends and family, or our health. Normal worry usually doesn’t affect us much in our daily life, because we usually don’t feel the worry for very long or it goes away when the problem is resolved. 

However, sometimes we can’t control the worry and it occurs too often and too intensely and it starts to affect us in our daily life.

Constant worrying, negative thinking, and always expecting the worst can take a toll on your emotional and physical health. It can sap your emotional strength, leave you feeling restless and jumpy, cause insomnia, headaches, stomach problems, and muscle tension, and make it difficult to concentrate at school.

 

Managing our worry

It can sap your emotional strength, leave you feeling restless and jumpy, cause insomnia, headaches, stomach problems, and muscle tension, and make it difficult to concentrate at school.

There are lots of ways that we can manage our worry:

  1. Write down your thoughts and worries – by getting them down on paper, you can tell your brain that you no longer need to think about them.

  2. Ask yourself – what would be a more positive way that I could think about this?

  3. Can this worry be solved? If so, brainstorm ways that it could be solved.

  4. Learn some breathing exercises to help you focus on the present.

  5. Share your emotions with someone else – talk to a friend or an adult you can trust.