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5 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Worrying

Discover the Truth and Embrace a Happier, More Positive Life.

Katy Morin
3 min readApr 5, 2021

The best possible scenario is a life jam-packed with happiness, smiling, laughing, and love, right? Despite searching for that, you’ll definitely experience some negative emotions because they exist and are unstoppable. Worry is one negative feeling that people frequently encounter, and that’s because the future is impossible to predict.

But, believe it or not, some people fall into the trap of accepting worry as beneficial. So, we’re here to expose the superstitions and help to reduce your worrying.

1) Worrying shows I care

This could be true. For instance, worrying when your child ventures off on their own could cause worry. But, if you flip that around, people say they worry non-stop because if they don’t, it means they don’t care. You see, worrying needlessly frequently over nothing does not fall into the bracket of caring; it’s just a hindrance.

2) Worrying will prevent any bad surprises

Trying to rack your brain to determine every possible thing that could go wrong in every single situation will exhaust you. Plus, it won’t help because you’ll never be able to predict what will happen. So, instead of…

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Katy Morin
Katy Morin

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