#10: Mastering Worry - Insights and Techniques for Mental Wellbeing

Hello Therapy: Mental Health Tips For Personal Growth

Are you ready to finally gain control over your excessive worrying and live a more fulfilling life?
In today's episode of Hello Therapy, I delve into the underlying beliefs that fuel excessive worry and share powerful strategies for overcoming it. We'll explore the often invisible yet powerful beliefs that convince us that worry is a badge of care or a tool for perceived control in our lives—beliefs that may be entwined with our very sense of self. I'll challenge you to consider if these notions truly reflect who you are or merely feed the worry beast within.
Join me as we navigate a transformative, evidence-based tool, cognitive defusion, where you'll learn to distance yourself from anxious thoughts and worries that demand your attention. Like skillfully avoiding clickbait online, I'll teach you techniques to 'unhook' from negative thoughts and share strategies you can apply immediately. Whether it's writing down your worries to diminish their power or singing them away to the melody of your favourite tune, this episode will help you create a more peaceful mindscape. Topics covered:

• Introduction to Worry
• Internal mechanisms of worry - worry beliefs
• Belief 1 - being a worrier as a positive identity
• Belief 2 - worrying helps in feeling more in control
• Belief 3 - worry prevents negative outcomes
• Belief 4 - worrying is uncontrollable
• Cognitive defusion and unhooking from worry
• Specific defusion strategies

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DISCLAIMER - The Hello Therapy podcast and the information provided by Dr Liz White (DClinPsy, CPsychol, AFBPsS, CSci, HCPC reg.), is solely intended for informational and educational purposes and does not constitute personalised advice. Please reach out to your GP or a mental health professional if you need support.

Hoofdstukken

1. Understanding and Managing Excessive Worry (00:00:09)

2. Managing Worry Through Cognitive Diffusion (00:14:17)