Coaching practices for How to Stop Worrying

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• The worrying never clocks out
• Before I can even start facing my fears head-on, I have to stop them ambushing me at every hour
• A worry pops up in the middle of something I’m trying to do and I feel like I have to deal with it right this second or I’ll lose it forever
• There are things I rehearse over and over that I simply cannot do anything about, and I keep treating "let it go" like a switch I should be able to flip once and get frustrated when the worry comes right back
• I keep trying to just stop thinking about things and it backfires

Practices that may help

1. Contain worry with a scheduled worry period
   Assign worry a 20-minute daily window — and redirect it there the rest of the day.
   Accepting Uncertainty: The Core Skill in CBT for GAD
2. Worry stimulus control: confine worry to a designated time
   Schedule a 20-minute daily "worry period" and postpone all worry outside it.
   Worry Exposure, Made Practical
3. Contain worry in a designated worry period
   Defer non-urgent worry to a fixed 20-minute window later in the day.
   The Worry Tree
4. Practice letting unsolvable worries be
   For worries you cannot act on, build the skill of acknowledging and releasing rather than rehearsing.
   Worry Postponement, Made Practical
5. Scheduling the Worry Window
   Set a fixed daily 15–30 minute period for worry, and let yourself worry freely only during that time.
   Worry Time: Containing Anxiety With Scheduled Worry
6. Notice and challenge meta-worry: the fear of worry itself
   Examine the belief that worry is uncontrollable or will cause harm — the worry about worrying.
   Worry Exposure, Made Practical
7. Postpone the thought — do not suppress it
   Schedule worry to a fixed window later; until then, watch the urge to engage without acting on it.
   Detached Mindfulness, Made Practical
8. Notice what you believe about your thoughts
   Examine the beliefs that tell you worrying is useful or necessary — not just the worries themselves.
   Detached Mindfulness, Made Practical
9. The Worry Log: Capturing and Categorizing Worries
   Write down each worry as it arises, then categorize it as solvable or hypothetical before the worry window.
   Worry Time: Containing Anxiety With Scheduled Worry
10. Note the worry and defer it
    When a worry arises off-schedule, jot it down and postpone it to the window — don’t engage now.
    Worry Postponement, Made Practical

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