#7 Challenging Worry Myths - Overcoming Worry & Anxiety

Many people who struggle with chronic worry don’t realize that part of what fuels their anxiety is the belief that worry is somehow helpful. These beliefs might sound like: “Worry motivates me,” “Worry helps me solve problems,” or “If I don’t worry, something bad might happen.” While these assumptions often go unnoticed, they quietly reinforce the habit of excessive worry and make it harder to break free from the cycle of anxiety. This video explores how to challenge these hidden worry beliefs through evidence-based cognitive therapy techniques. By walking through five common assumptions about worry and offering specific questions to test their validity, you’ll learn how to evaluate whether worry is truly useful, or whether it’s just adding to your stress. You'll also learn how to identify worry-driven thoughts, distinguish worry from problem solving, and reframe beliefs that reinforce anxiety. Understanding the difference between helpful preparation and unhelpful overthinking is a key step in reducing anxious habits. When you recognize that worry might be draining your energy without protecting you, you're better equipped to change the pattern.

To help with challenging the usefulness of worry, you can download a worksheet here: https://tinyurl.com/y45568tn

For more information about excessive worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, see my long form video: https://tinyurl.com/y4yqthap

#GAD #Worry #CBT

Videos in the worry management series:
Overcoming Worry 1: Defining Worry: 3 features of worry and 2 types of worry - https://tinyurl.com/y2ox4z9n
Overcoming Worry 2: Understanding a model of worry and worry awareness training - https://tinyurl.com/y5awco8l
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 3: The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty in Worry - https://tinyurl.com/y6ohak2y
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 4: Manifestations of Intolerance of Uncertainty -    • #4 Manifestations of Intolerance of Uncert...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 5: Two Ways to Build Tolerance for Uncertainty -    • #5 Two Ways to Build Tolerance for Uncerta...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 6: Five Myths about Worry -    • #6 Five MYTHS About Worry - Overcoming Wor...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 7: Challenging Worry Myths -    • #7 Challenging Worry Myths - Overcoming Wo...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 8: What do you do when you hate dealing with problems? -    • #8 Why You Feel STUCK Solving Problems - O...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 9: Problem-Solving Skills to Defeat Worry -    • #9 Problem-Solving Skills to Defeat Worry ...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 10: Why we worry about things that haven’t happened -    • #10 Why You Keep Worrying About the Worst ...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 11: The most surprising tool to help you worry less -    • #11 Tired of Your Worst-Case WORRIES? Try ...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 12 - A Worry Management Recipe -    • #12 A Worry Management Guide – Putting it ...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 13 - Dealing with Complex Worries -    • #13 How to Manage COMPLEX WORRIES - Overco...  
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 14 - Maintaining Progress and Preventing Worry Relapse -    • #14 How You Can PREVENT Worry Relapse - Ov...  

For more information about Dr. Rami Nader, visit: https://tinyurl.com/y3eu5dfw
For more information about Dr. Michel Dugas' work on Generalized Anxiety Disorder and an excellent workbook, visit: https://tinyurl.com/yxf78mnt

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