The Nine Reasons why Many People Become Worrywarts
When the Worry Bug Begins Buzzing
At what time does the “worry bug” begin buzzing inside of you ? Perhaps there are readers who picked up this book because they have acknowledged that they are a worrywart . And I guess the majority know they have certain traits of a worrywart, but are surprised to see they have another, more audacious side to it. As for me, I cannot help thinking that the worry bug is different depending on who is “rearing” it. For example:
Someone frets over having forgotten to buy the next day’s breakfast, but does not feel any worries whatsoever over the possibility of their freelance job having no work available to them the next day.
Someone fearing an earthquake and keeps a stock of emergency supplies, peacefully lives in a room where they could be squashed flat in seconds if something bad were to happen.
Someone who worries about their health and restricts their diet, buts works so vehemently at their job that they could probably die from overworking.
Someone who is stingy with their money and worries over squandering it away on useless things, but without a moment’s hesitation pays service fees to withdraw money at the bank.
Someone who mopes around after they have been disciplined slightly by their boss, but takes on a gigantic project at work without thinking twice.
There are many cases like the above. Even for two people considered to be worrywarts, the kinds of worries they have will differ completely. At any rate, the majority of people faced with a kind of scenarios where they initially thought “I’d never worry about something like that!” will more or less be at their wits end once they actually encounter it. In order to show clearly what the basis for worry is, I have constructed the following list of reasons for which most people fit the criteria for being a worrywart.
Reason 1: Did I do what needed to be done?
Something a lot of people tend to do, is leaving one’s house and all of a sudden begin to start thinking to themselves, “I wonder if I remembered to lock the door?”, “Did I turn off the oven?”, “Did I turn off the air-conditioning?”, and “I wonder if I shut the windows?”
To be more specific, once these kind of thoughts begin to pop up, one becomes beside themselves with worry. It becomes so bad that unless they go home and make sure, they cannot put their mind at ease. And when they do go home to check, most of the time whatever it is they were worrying about has already been taken care of.
The most troublesome kind of anxiety happens at places such as work when one cannot seem to convince themselves that they have done everything they had to do, to their utmost ability. There are deadlines at one must meet, and if one think they can complete all of their work perfectly, they’ll never meet those deadlines, only worsening the situation . Perfectionists are most prone to falling into this kind of category.
Reason 2: Worrying About Future Troubles
Life is a series of actions and results you have to face and take action on. If everyone knew exactly what the results of their actions would be, nobody would worry. However, in most cases, you can only guess at what good or bad things will come out of it all which is where the problem lies. Furthermore, people are more inclined to worry more about bad outcomes rather than to expect good results.
If people are not aware of their feelings, they can come to have a pessimistic outlook on their day to day lives. On an important business trip, anyone would worry “If I miss this train, I’m going to have a bad time.” From then on, the more important something is, the more likely someone may think “If something bad happens I’m in trouble.” Eventually, one may unintentionally end up falling into the pessimistic way of thinking, “What should I do when something bad happens?”
For all things, there are always going to involve a good or bad outcome, so this is something where one has no choice but to deal with effectively.
Reason 3-9 omitted due to character limit