Got butterflies on your stomach? Hitting the panic button only makes things worse. I am a habitual worrywart. I don’t have something substantial to stew about. I’ll inflate a minor issue- like an anxiety blowup doll. I can lie awake for hours ruminating about what results I’ll get from critical medical tests, but the wrong size lasagna pan. And 3 a.m , such disparate causes mysteriously provoke equivalent agonies.
Whether you’re an inveterate worrier like me or someone who rarely loses a sleep over those nagging thoughts, the current economy is serving up more than enough category-five big deal concerns to have us all chewing our fingernails: can I make the mortgage payments? Is my job secure? Will ever be able to afford to retire? It’s open season for everybody to join me in my wee-hours obsessing. But if you have fallen victims to this hamster wheel, take heart. Even in times as troubling as these, experts say, there are ways to ease your worried mind.