These tips on how to stop worrying come from experience. I’ve always been a bit of a worrier. Thankfully, I have learned some techniques that help me and others that have used them. Here are the best of them.

Make A Decision

A sure way to stop worrying too much about an unresolved issue is to make a decision. Even bad decisions may often be better than doing nothing. You may immediately resolve the stress when you finally decide to quit that job, buy that house, or make that phone call. Nothing can crowd and cloud your mind with worry quite so much as decisions waiting to be made. Just make them, and if they prove to be bad decisions, just make new ones.

Take Action

Action towards a goal tends to diminish worry. Doing nothing but thinking too much about a goal, especially if you dwell on the hurdles, will cause you worry and stress. Certainly you should plan well, but when planning drifts towards worrying, start doing something positive.

Confront Problems

Want to know how to stop worrying when there are real problems? Confront them head-on. When I had to sue someone over a business matter, I was worrying about it for weeks. I finally just filed the papers, got on the phone, and came to an agreement. My stress was gone. In fact, my worrying dissipated as soon as started acting, BEFORE the resolution.

Even if you tend to dwell on past losses, you can probably see that there is more mental pain in thinking about a possible loss than in the loss itself. Suppose you lost a thousand dollars in the stock market a while back. Today, you would probably suffer less from that than you would from wondering if you’ll make it on time to a concert you paid $30 for. It isn’t the problems themselves, but the anticipation of problems that causes the most worry. Deal with them head on as soon as is possible, and resolve them to the extent possible.

Mental Categories

When there are too many things going on in my head, I put them on lists and feel better. Maybe you’ve had similar experiences. If you’re thinking too much about something, and you stop to schedule a time to work on it, it is easier to let go of it for now. Write down that phone call you have to make on tomorrow’s list, and you’ll feel less worried now. You’re creating “mental categories.” Just telling yourself, “There is nothing I can do about this until Monday,” can put a worry into a category of “nothing to worry about now.”

How To Stop Worrying By Meditating

Meditating can be a great way to relax and to stop worrying. What if you don’t want to take the time for more involved meditative practices? Try this: just close your eyes, let the tension out of your body and take several deep breaths through your nose. There are also brain wave entrainment CDs that will do all the work for you. Pop on the headphones and they’ll relax you by slowing your brain waves.

Whichever techniques you use to stop your worries, make them into habits. Nothing works if you forget to use it. In fact, until they become automatic, you might want to carry a list of your favorite tips on how to stop worrying.

Steve Gillman has been studying brainpower and related topics for years. For more on How To Increase Brain Power, and to get the Brain Power Newsletter and other free gifts, visit: http://www.IncreaseBrainPower.com.

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Have you been struggling with improving self confidence? Do you want to experience yourself as unstoppable but don’t know how?

In this article, I will share with you 7 effective strategies for improving your self confidence. You can immediately put these into practice. Start by choosing the one that you are weakest at and begin practicing it for 7 days in a row. Then, pick the next challenging one and practice it for seven days. Keep at this process until you have incorporated each of the 7 strategies into your daily life. If you really do this, you will see your self confidence explode in a very short period of time.

Keep Your Word

It may seem like a small thing, but many of us are truly challenged by this simple concept. It’s simple, but not necessarily easy to do. The reason that this one is so powerful is because you can instantaneously build confidence in yourself by doing what you say, by when you say you will do it. When you have established yourself as one who people can trust, you begin to trust yourself as well.

Commit

Fear of commitment has stolen more opportunities than I care to admit. When one commits to something or someone and then is being their word to fulfill on that commitment, magic happens. Start by committing to small things and fulfill on them.

Take Action

If you want to feel better about yourself, take an action that is in alignment with bettering yourself. Sometimes we get stuck feeling a certain way when we can quickly shift how we feel by taking some sort of action.

Focus on What You Want

And focus only on what you want. You get what you focus on, so it is crucial that you don’t spend time focusing on or worrying about what you do not want. What you see, is what you get. Make sure what you are envisioning is positive and supportive of you.

Do Something You are Afraid to Do

I once heard someone say, “You are not living if you do not do at least one thing that terrifies you every day”. What could be more empowering and confidence building than feeling fear and taking action anyway? Start small and build momentum. You do not have to face a real lion, only a metaphorical one.

Keep an Accomplishment List

Get a journal and keep a log of your accomplishments. Write how you felt about accomplishing these things and how you felt just before you achieved them. When you are feeling uncertain about yourself or fearful, refer to this journal and remind yourself that even though you felt fearful before, you still were able to make things happen.

Acknowledge Yourself

It is so important to pat yourself on the back and verbally acknowledge yourself for jobs well done, actions taken when you did not feel like it, keeping your word, etc. By doing this, you are rewarding the behaviors that you want more of and you will see more of it.

Let me know if this article helps you in improving your self confidence. I would love to hear your success story.

Pamela L Catey is a Best Selling Co-Author, Coach, Musician, and Inspirational Leader. With a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology and a license in massage therapy, Pamela definitely understands healing from the inside out and on all different levels. If you are interested in learning more regarding improving self confidence and other personal growth and development topics sign up for her free ezine at http://www.LightenUpandLive.com

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