Worry is reverse is simply taking the habit of worry and pondering a positive outcome to the problem instead

There’s two types, proactive and reactive. I found that if I learned to do this proactively first, it helps prevent the reactive variety. Reactive worry in reverse is a bit harder, because you must then learn to catch your thought process at that point. Proactive is preventative – you purposely call up your worry and redirect it.

For now, let’s talk about the five step process for learning proactive worry in reverse. Then, next time, I’ll let you know about how to do this reactively.

1. At the beginning or end of your day, find a quiet corner and think of something that you’re worried about. Start small. If you’re doing this along with meditation, I’m no doctor, but I advise doing so afterwards, since you’ll have to recall something negative to get to the positive part.
2. Think about the thing you’re worried about for a minute or so, and really ponder the likelihood that it could turn out as bad as you think it could.
3. Now, think about the best possible way the situation could turn out. Keep thinking “and you know what would be better than that?” until you have the best possible scenario, better than you truly think will happen in reality. I find I’m on the right track if I’m smiling.
4. Keep replaying that potential positive outcome in your head for at least ten minutes. Do whatever helps make it feel more real in your mind. Involve all your senses – say it out loud, visualize it, role play if it involves others.
5. Now, every time you think about this issue, until it is resolved, before you even get to worry, focus on the positive outcome instead.

It was really hard for me to do this at first, because I didn’t want to seem like a weak, idyllic dreamer who couldn’t deal with “reality”.

Then one day I realized that I can’t feel bad enough to make something that could be bad feel better. And, since it normally works out better than I hope, in the meantime I lose all the fun I could have been having in-between now and then.

Does this magically fix every situation that comes up? No. But it makes dealing with life easier and less stressful.

Does this mean I never worry? No. I’m still human after all. Only now, instead of worrying for days, I worry for minutes.

Then I put it in reverse. And gain back the contentment of the present. In the meantime, as I learned from a course by Dr. Robert Anthony, if I have a problem, I deal with it as best as I can in the present, or if I can’t deal with it, I stop worrying about it. Therefore, in the present moment, I really have no problem.

And that’s where I seek to remain. Worrying in reverse helps me do that.

It’s called Worry in Reverse.

Before I explain how to worry in reverse, I want to talk a little bit about worry. We all do it, and I used to be a top offender. It’s amazing how much time we humans seem to waste on an activity that changes nothing but how emotionally tortured we are about life.

Not to mention the possibility that, if our theories about the Law of Attraction are on-target at all, we could actually actively be making things worse by observing them in a negative light.

But Law of Attraction aside, what exactly does worry get us? I used to think, preparation for the worst and elimination of surprises. But never in life has the absolute worst thing I could imagine happened. Even when things went wrong, they didn’t go as badly as I pictured.

Worry just changes our mood. And think about it, even if it’s not true that your mood has bearing on the outcome of events, you’re losing two things whenever you get into a bad mood that could be avoided.

1. The potential joy of the moment.
2. Perspective.

Who wants to give away joy needlessly? Not me. Life is too short. By the time we start to get the hang of things, it’s time to pack up and ascend.

And perspective may not seem like a big deal. But don’t you always make better choices, see things more clearly, and find better opportunities for success when your mood is better?

The fact is, we have complete governance over our thoughts, if we chose to – easier said than done, but it’s still a choice.

Worry is reverse is simply taking the habit of worry and pondering a positive outcome to the problem instead. In the next, shorter article, I’ll go over some easy steps on how to do this.