Why Doesn T GAD Sufferers Think About?
Do you find yourself constantly worrying or thinking that bad things are going to happen?
Do you feel tense and anxious all day?
Are these feelings interfering with your thoughts and stopping you from living life as you feel that you should?
Everyone worries from time to time about a whole host of things and morbid thoughts can sometimes enter your head. But it's when these thoughts start dominating your life and preventing you from functioning normally on a daily basis that they can be thought of as a general anxiety disorder or GAD.
What do GAD Sufferers worry about?
GAD sufferers can be concerned with a whole range of things and there tends to be no set pattern as there are with phobias. It could be a concern about a family or relationship …show more content…
Generalized anxiety disorder tips
Look at your worries from a different angle
If you have a worry, try to examine it from another person's point of view. How would they view your worry? Try to be your own analyst and try to rationalize exactly what your worries are and what's causing them. Are they due to an internal or an external factor?
Now give them a score from one to ten, one being a minor irritation and ten being a complete disaster. Now explain to yourself why you gave it the score you did.
Doing this forces you to look at your problems in a rational manner, which very often reduces its impact. Whilst in the middle of your anxiety, it can be difficult to see the forest for the trees.
Once you have talked it through, what solutions do you have to your own worries? What does your 'inner analyst' have to say about it? You'll be surprised how you'll start to see positive and real solutions once you start to think clearly and rationally about your problem.
Talk it through
If you find it hard to rationalize your worries to yourself, talk through your problems with a trusted friend or with a professional. Your doctor will be able to recommend a good therapist.
Do you feel tense and anxious all day?
Are these feelings interfering with your thoughts and stopping you from living life as you feel that you should?
Everyone worries from time to time about a whole host of things and morbid thoughts can sometimes enter your head. But it's when these thoughts start dominating your life and preventing you from functioning normally on a daily basis that they can be thought of as a general anxiety disorder or GAD.
What do GAD Sufferers worry about?
GAD sufferers can be concerned with a whole range of things and there tends to be no set pattern as there are with phobias. It could be a concern about a family or relationship …show more content…
Generalized anxiety disorder tips
Look at your worries from a different angle
If you have a worry, try to examine it from another person's point of view. How would they view your worry? Try to be your own analyst and try to rationalize exactly what your worries are and what's causing them. Are they due to an internal or an external factor?
Now give them a score from one to ten, one being a minor irritation and ten being a complete disaster. Now explain to yourself why you gave it the score you did.
Doing this forces you to look at your problems in a rational manner, which very often reduces its impact. Whilst in the middle of your anxiety, it can be difficult to see the forest for the trees.
Once you have talked it through, what solutions do you have to your own worries? What does your 'inner analyst' have to say about it? You'll be surprised how you'll start to see positive and real solutions once you start to think clearly and rationally about your problem.
Talk it through
If you find it hard to rationalize your worries to yourself, talk through your problems with a trusted friend or with a professional. Your doctor will be able to recommend a good therapist.