Sometimes for me in coping with my worrying it helps me to just take one day at a time or "I''ll cross that bridge when I get to it."
For me, these sayings are helpful coping tools f that give me a breather to let my worries go along enough that I can also try other coping tools. Tools like challenging my worry thoughts--is it helpful? Is it true? Is it distorted thinking and I am catastrophizing or making negative predictions? These are CBT skills that can be used in examining each of my worrying thoughts. There are other tools/skills that can be used like DBT or Acceptance Commitment Therapy for worrying thoughts, one at a time.
Some of my thinking is helpful to me, some is not. Too often, I take all of my thinking too seriously as being automatically true, and that I need to believe it, trust it, and do as it directs.
Each of us may differ in what coping tools work for us. I hope you have some helpful coping skills or tools that you can use in your situation. Take care...
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A virtual to all in a time of physical social distancing!
Trying to practice coping tools to live in my own skin more gently, peacefully, & comfortably One Day a Time (sometimes one breath at a time)
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