Worry Time#

Emotional RegulationWeek 4

It’s normal to worry about a problem & it may be useful to try ‘Worry Time’ to help manage worries:

  1. Write down your worry.
  2. Schedule a time in the day specifically as ‘Worry Time’, and put your worries away into a physical box or jar.
  3. Try to let the worry go for now, and remind yourself that you have a set time to think about the worry later.

    Note: You are not ignoring the worry, you are delaying it until ‘Worry Time’.

  4. During ‘Worry Time’, use the Problem Solving Tree. Decide on what steps you need to take to manage, change, accept or tolerate the thing that you’re worrying about.

Remember: Worry is there to tell us that something is happening & to protect ourselves. However, if it doesn’t fit the facts, we may need to do the opposite action.

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