Step 1: How To Handle Worries

• Handling worries as "signals"
• Handling worries as "noise"

Don't Panic, Chapter 14. Your Mind's Observer Chapter 15. Finding Your Observer Chapter 16. Taking a New Stance: The Supportive Observer The Don't Panic Self-Help Kit, Section W: Handle Your Worries

Let's face it. Everybody worries some of the time. Some are quite helpful.  But many worries are repetitious, unproductive thoughts that make you feel anxious or upset. They show up against your will, and you seem to have little control over them. Once you start worrying, it's hard to stop. Often you'll worry over things that others consider small or insignificant. And sometimes the more you try to argue against the worry, the stronger it becomes.

Whenever you have worries, your task is to handle them, one way or another. And that is just what this section will teach you.

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