{"id":2117,"date":"2020-09-27T12:26:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T12:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2023-04-10T09:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T09:56:43","slug":"hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/en\/hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen\/","title":{"rendered":"How can you stop worrying?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4073\" src=\"https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hoe maak je je minder zorgen\" width=\"1440\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1-1024x398.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1-768x299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1-16x6.jpg 16w, https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1-260x101.jpg 260w, https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1-50x19.jpg 50w, https:\/\/jodepoorter.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMPA-31-Hoe-maak-je-je-minder-zorgen-1-150x58.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Worrying isn't always a malicious or unproductive activity. It can prevent danger or bring existing problems closer to a solution. The key is in the meaning of that word: solution.\nIt is not useful to deal with things that cannot be resolved. It is important that you distinguish between what can and cannot altered. The second category includes things you have to learn to live with and which you must accept. How to go about worrying less.<\/p><p><strong>Keep it achievable. <\/strong>Striving for perfection can cause you to achieve a much better result, but it can also stand in the way of feasibility and give large cause for concern. <strong>Banish unhelpful thoughts. <\/strong>We often overestimate two things. One: How likely it is that something will happen. Two: how bad it can be. Often it is not too extreme in terms of severity and size, sometimes it is. You worrying doesn't make the situation any better. <strong>Be your best friend. <\/strong>Imagine your best friend going through something bad. How would you support, help, lift him up. Be that good friend to yourself. <strong>Use your heart. <\/strong>Don't lose yourself in the emotion of a problem that cannot be solved. Accept the circumstances and put your energy into it deal with the  situation. <strong>Stay calm. <\/strong>Irritation, tension, concentration difficulties, sleep problems, indecision. These are all side effects of worrying. Make conscious efforts to relax: get moving, do relaxation exercises, take one bath, have a drink, one, play with the dog. <strong>Stay in the moment. <\/strong>Don't focus on the future, but on moment, at the now. That's the only part you can influence there and then. <strong>Sleep well, live well and shine. <\/strong>Make sure you go to bed when you are tired. Go to sleep at a set time and get up also at a fixed time. Early. Drink something relaxing before you go sleep: warm milk, sleeping tea. Sleep well and dream big. Wake up and follow your dreams.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worrying isn't always a malicious or unproductive activity. It can prevent danger or bring existing problems closer to a solution. 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