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Worry is negative visualization
Think of a doting mother, or of a business owner putting her assets on the line in her new business. They both care about their “child” and want to keep it safe from harm.
They both tend to worry as a demonstration of their caring, and some of that is expected. I don’t know about you, but I’d feel a little abandoned if no one cared that I’m driving through a bad snow storm.
How helpful is worry in keeping danger away? It depends how it’s used. If they use their worry to anticipate problems, to find ways to avoid them and to make contingency plans, then it’s fruitful… as long as it’s not excessive. What’s helpful is not the worrying, but the actions taken.
But most of us use worry as some sort of amulet, as if worrying will prevent what we fear. Part of us may admit that that’s irrational, but we still hold on to the magical thinking.
As far as us causing any harm by it, we think that, at worst, we might be a bit annoying to the child we fuss about, or we might cause ourselves some emotional discomfort but we don’t mind paying the price.
Few of us realize that worrying has a more harmful effect: when we worry, we are visualizing a negative outcome over and over again, and with vivid emotion no less!
Hum…haven’t we heard a lot lately that emotional visualization is very powerful in helping us achieve our goals? So wouldn’t it be wise to avoid vividly visualizing what we don’t want?
I was reminded of that by a recent blog post from thelistener25.blogspot.com ; here’s a quick excerpt: “…when you worry you are visualizing like crazy! Why is it that you humans believe that worry will help any situation? Half of what you worry over never happens, and the other half is never quite as bad as you worried about it.”
How true. Worrying is more than a single-event thought; it’s a habit, which means that it might take some extra effort to break it, but given its consequences, I’d say it’s worth making it a priority. Just don’t worry about it.
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