Excessive Worry and Obsessive Thinking: Learn How to Gain Control

We all experience worry in our lives. It may be about work, money or relationship problems. You may worry about your kids, your health, aging parents or retirement. All of this is completely normal. It's important to keep in mind that worrying can have a useful purpose. It allows us to not forget about things that are very important to us - paying our bills, attending to our health, studying for a test, staying safe, etc. So when does worry become a problem in itself?

Worry can become problematic when it begins to interfere with your day to day functioning. You may be preoccupied and unable to focus on other things. If you worry excessively you may begin to develop problems in your relationships as those around you become frustrated or angry when unable to reassure you. For some, excessive worry can become obsessive in nature and so wide spread that it becomes very debilitating.

One of the first steps in controlling excessive worry is to try to identify what your anxiety may be telling you. Is there something that you have forgotten to do? Have you neglected your needs in some way? Your anxiety or worry may be telling you that you need to do something (typically something you've been putting off or avoiding). Of course, this is not always the case as often there appears to be no immediate answers or solutions to resolve your worry...

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