Desnudando la preocupación

Will they have paid me?
Will I have enough money to pay the tuition?
Would the laboratory tests come back negative?
What if we tell Uncle Germán that he has cancer?
Will mom last another week or is God going to take her?

My mind is busy, it is always busy thinking and before you think it is #anxiety, what I have is called #worry, and on many occasions I have heard my daughter-in-law say that: “worry doesn't solve anything.”

They want to know what is happening, although it seems very simple to explain, it is difficult to live together, and yes, I say live together because even if it is your own action, an emotion or however you want to see it, worry is a form of hammering, it is becoming anxious or getting high. Nerves on edge over things that don't happen or that perhaps aren't going to come true, an observable example is statement number five, I'm worried about whether my mom can last another week, and although it's normal to feel uncertain, to be mortified by not knowing what What lies ahead is inexplicable.

Anecdote: we cannot put aside attracting negative thoughts and feelings, situations that we will not have an answer to until they happen.

I'm going to give you both sides of this coin, my very positive and objective daughter-in-law surprised me when she reaffirmed her reasons for saying that what worrying can do is cause my stomach ulcers to explode.



Worrying helps me take preventive measures for what may happen. She says that the excess of it makes me anxious. She is very anxious, and I appreciate the advice. I didn't worry until she expressed to me that the stress burden is high, so much so that it can become chronic, negatively affecting my physical and mental health.

The most and the least, at some point in his life, have focused on worrying about things that do not even have a solution or explanation, such as, for example: if we die today, do we feel or hear something? Unproductive issues, that what they do is load us with repetitive and negative thoughts, you know, it seems like a lie, but, this friend is very good at making us lose concentration, so much so that we forget to make the right decisions.

Worrying helps us be more creative and makes us look for solutions to everyday problems that, although they have a way of solving and their goal is not achieved as is, we try another way; Something as simple as changing the electrical outlet in the house helps encourage sensitivity and responsibility to take care of ourselves and our environment.

For me it is not a fiction that by worrying I distort what is happening around me, to the point that sometimes I overestimate myself, I even classify myself as inefficient in solving activities that I have previously done alone.

For you who are reading me, worrying is not bad, you just don't have to do it excessively, let's stop anticipating things that are not going to happen yet, if they happen to happen, although #I understand and even understand, I can't stop worrying about At the very least, what I do know is that constant and excessive worry only serves to wear us down and defile us not only mentally but also physically and emotionally. I am not the one to say that you should not worry, however, do not go out of your way to do so, because, perhaps what you are worrying about today has no explanation, no solution, no objection, or it is not in your hands to obtain feasible results.

Without further ado, I say a big "thank you" for taking a minute of your time to read this old man.