Fears And Worries- What To Do When They Overwhelm You

Due to the current plight the world now faces, fears and worries are a constant in our day to day lives.

When I look back at my professional rugby playing career I constantly had to deal with the burdens of fear and worry.

After a spate of injuries early in my career, I then carried around this incessant fear and worry of getting more serious injuries that could potentially curtail my career.

Rugby was my life and I learned in the early days that the biggest obstacle to me achieving what I wanted in the game was injury, hence the fear and the worry of it actually happening.

This may sound crazy to you, but this was the way things were for me.

It wasn’t a case that I was lacking commitment and courage during games… that would have been fatal to my career. It was just that I expended so much energy on this worthless exercise in the days leading up to games, my performances inevitably suffered.

What this behavior also did was set in motion the universal law of cause and effect which is something that can we can discuss at another time.

Fear and worry are debilitating behaviors that not only affect your career, but also your quality of life and general health and well-being.

As well as leaving you anxious, agitated, panicky and stressed, it can also strip you bear of your inherent spirit, fight and energy.

In a quest to improve our lives, fear and worry have no benefit or value whatsoever, but unfortunately they’re now an ever present foe in our daily lives.

So what are the best ways to deal with constant fears and worries that we seem to be confronted with on a daily basis?

Below are a few techniques you can use today to help ensure fear and worry does not overwhelm you and take hold of your life:

LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT

Quite often what we fear is totally blown out of proportion by our very selves.

Some time ago I read that over 85% of what we worry about never happens.

So if that’s true why do we waste so much time doing it?
Well, it’s what we’re used to. It’s part of our make-up.

Human behaviors are habitual, and fear and worry are habits that lots of us have difficulty shaking off.

We have to remember that worrying achieves nothing constructive… In fact, it just makes us feel worse.

All the worrying in the world will not change anything.

The thing you have to do is to always live in the present moment. Don’t have regrets about the past…that time is gone. Don’t worry about the future… instead, do your best in the present moment, through both your thoughts and actions, and the future will then take care of itself.

CHALLENGE YOUR THOUGHTS.

When you experience thoughts of fear or worry, you should immediately challenge them with positive statements and objective thinking.

Your fears and worries are not based on reality they are just your OWN perceptions of the world around you. By asking yourself rational and objective questions you will then gain a better perspective of the real situation

CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL

As I mentioned earlier, much of what we worry about never comes true. It also worth noting that lots of what we worry about are often things that are out of our control.

So instead of worrying ourselves sick about things that will never happen or are out of our control, we should best concentrate our thoughts and efforts on things we are able to do and control.

DO SOMETHING YOU ENJOY

Doing something that makes you feel good and happy will get your mind off all the problems that you feel you have in your life.

Also, the real big pay off with doing this is that it triggers off the true workings of the incredible and powerful Law of Attraction.

The Law of Attraction is something that we’ve written about many times on our site, but basically when you feel good happy it naturally raises your energy levels, which means that you will vibrationally attract more things into your life that make you feel good and happy.

I know only too well how difficult it is to overcome our fears and worries.

It was the bane of my life for many years.

But if you can consistently apply these techniques everyday in all areas of your life then I can assure you that your fears and worries will diminish and eventually disappear forever.