WORRY OR CONCERN?
Have you ever met people who worry a lot? They worry about everything from their jobs, to their marriage, children, Credit card bills, bad relationships or stress at work. Just everything. But many of the things we worry about today cannot be dealt with in a state of anxiety. It's okay to feel concerned about an issue but getting worried over it is something different. "There is a great difference between worry and concern.
Worry is an emotion that involves thinking about possible future problems or outcomes. Thoughts of uncertainty, unpredictability, and uncontrollability. It often takes the form of "what if".....? Being concerned about an issue on the other hand means taking proper steps to create effective solutions, monitoring their outcomes and making changes or modifications where necessary. When a person is concerned, he does not go into the problem over and over again. Instead, he would channel his energy to make the necessary decisions and take the needed steps in order to solve the problem.
A worried person sees a problem but a concerned person solves a problem.
"Everyone experiences worry from time to time. However, when it becomes excessive and frequent, studies have shown that our health is likely at risk.
EFFECTS OF WORRY ON THE BODY
Worry increases stress level. Psychologists believe that when a person is worried about issues in his life all the time, the stress level increases naturally. This can in turn lead to many mental as well as physical problems.
Worry saps energy. Our productivity level drops each time we pull the worry plug.
3.Loss of libido is another symptom of worry. 'To have a fulfilling sex life you need to feel healthy and relaxed in body and mind.
- Worry affects your brain. Excessive worry disturbs your peace of mind making it harder for you to concentrate on one task at a time.
5.Worrying excessively speeds up ageing process and sometimes makes one more prone to depression.
- Worry breeds fear. This could inturn lead to hallucinations, hearing of voices and in some cases mental illness.
- MANAGING YOUR WORRIES *
As mentioned earlier, everyone worries. Therefore, it probably isn't possible to completely remove worry from your life. However, there are strategies that you can use to manage feelings that have gone beyond positive concerns. For example,
Focus on the present. A lot of times, people's worry is focused on the future. As a way of helping you cope with this emotion, It's important that we live our lives one day at a time by focusing on the present moment.
Practice speaking positively about the situation. Oftentimes when you do, the impossibility thoughts about the situation will begin to fade as you begin to see the situation clearly as it truly is, not as it is perceived to be.
Get control over your thoughts. Thoughts have influence over our feelings and behavior. So, getting control of worried thoughts is important. If you can manage your thoughts, then you have your life under control.
Re-assess the situation, evaluate possible solutions, make your plans and take necessary steps towards getting results.
Don't live in isolation. Learn to socialize. Work on being less self-conscious. Talk to a friend, a loved one or someone who understands you and has a listening ear.
Seek the help of a professional. Talk to your doctor or psychologist about how you feel. Get some sleep to help relieve you of the stress.
I grew up to learn early enough in life that thinking about it doesn't make it go away. Worrying is a maze that you will never get to the end except you pull yourself out of it.
Staying concerned, that's a different matter entirely. To ignore is the ultimate sin. Most disaster would have been avoided if someone had been concerned at the right time early enough.
You're right @lordjames. Thanks for your meaning input. Worry gets us no where. It often amplifies an imaginary problem a lot of times but in the end, nothing has changed.
There are alot of reasons and factors that leads to worrying. However some temperaments cant do without worrying, therefore, i appreciate your point but in a country like Nigeria, it needs a worry controlled system.
Often concerns could lead to worrying if not checked. Thanks for your article though, it deserves a resteem from me.