.JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON STATES OF BEING. WORRIED. THE END.

The passage of time, it seems to me, is one of the biggest remedy for dealing with the distress of being worried. Yet, as it  is with grief, time, it seems, can elapse rather torturously slowly, when we are in a state of being worried. 

At such times, time expires so slowly that we end up, it appears, having an excess amount of it to prolong our distress. 

And so it is, that we need to use this time to engage in diversionary activities, activities which we might have been doing routinely and now need to continue to do; activities such as working and trying continue 'to live our 'normal life.' 

Yes, there will be times and situations where we are not able to do so, because our worrying is proving too debilitating for us to continue with 'normality.' 

We have to be able to concentrate on what we need to be be doing, such as trying to live a 'normal', even when we are acutely psychologically challenged, to be able to temporarily block out the intrusive source of our worry.

Another strategy that can offer us some relief, is, yet, good old rationalisation, even if that can sometimes result in us deceiving ourselves or the person we are trying to help, lying to ourselves, or going into denial. 

It seems to me that none of these tactics are necessarily inherently 'bad' per se, especially if the ones we try, prove effective in playing a positive contribution towards the overall therapeutic package. If, for example, it gets us through today, with less pain, and enables us to build on it tomorrow, and so on..

Reflecting on past similar situations from which we might be persuaded, that the occurred event is not as bad as is feared.  Or that the anticipated or feared event will either not occur or will not be as devastating as they imagine it will, might help to provide some reassurance. 

In this, we can reflect on similar feared events which the person in distress might have experienced in the past, and on how they/we dealt with them and what was the outcome. We could also use the experience, or rather, the account of other people who have experienced similar events and how they had coped with it. 

With the intention of reducing the level of anxiety and dread which the distressed person is experiencing, and help us/them to have and exercise more effective control over their worrying.

Finally, it really is the case that the same events or kinds of events can be experienced differently by and have different impact, either in kind or intensity, on us. Which is why the same kinds of proposed help or remedies will not fit or impact efficaciously on everybody. 

Notwithstanding these provisos, I do believe that, probably amongst the best ways of helping most of us to deal with the distress of acute worrying, are likely to be diversionary activities, mental or/or physical, endeavouring to think positively, and the passage of time; however slowly it might appear to be elapsing, initially.

Worrying is a natural state of us humans, and, like so many other things about us, it can damage or destroy us, if we do not endeavour to master it, and succumb to it for a prolonged period of time. Like grief, try to avoid succumbing to your episodes of worrying states, to the point where it dominates your life and your capacity to enjoy