How old were you when you stopped worrying because you realized that it does not make any sense.

[Anonymous]

At what point in your life you realized that worrying is futile because things do happen regardless and you are wasting all this energy.
If the things go right, you wasted the energy. If the things go wrong, you wasted it again because you now you have a problem and you are all worked out.

[Anonymous]

I’m still working on it, OP. I did learn in my 50s not to care so much about what other people think.

[Anonymous]

I'm 52 and given up a lot of the worrying about what others think of me....but I'll never stop worrying about my kids.

[Anonymous]

There is always something to worry about especially if you have children even when they are older and have their own children.

[Anonymous]

53, still a worrier.

[Anonymous]

44, still going. Been a worrier since I was a kid.

[Anonymous]

This is going to sound cheesy, but I heard the Serenity Prayer when I was about 15 and it really spoke to me. I’m not religious at all, but I can interpret it more introspectively than as a call to a higher power.

I wasn’t really that much of worrier to begin with, but when something is bothering me, I ask myself: can I do something about this? If yes, great, make a plan and get started. If not, set it aside and focus on something else. Either way, worrying doesn’t make a difference. I’ve been doing that since my teens.

(Worrying, btw, is different from thinking about a problem in order to come up with a plan of action. I’m still totally doing that. )

[Anonymous]

In my 50's and can't control or stop my worries. I wish I could, this is a hard way to live.

[Anonymous]

My mom told me she didn't have to worry because my dad worried for everyone. Now I know where I got my worrying ways.

[Anonymous]

I was never much of a worrier. Sometime around high school I had the ability to let go of a lot of stuff. But I do worry some about my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 52 and given up a lot of the worrying about what others think of me....but I'll never stop worrying about my kids.

+2

[Anonymous]

I'm a worrier, but this Michael J. Fox quote nevertheless resonates with me.

Michael J. Fox: "Don't spend alot of time imagining the worst-case scenario. It rarely goes down as you imagine it will. And if by some fluke it does, you will have lived it twice."

[Anonymous]

At this point in my life, other than my kids I don’t worry. Yes, tomorrow that could change but right now .........

[Anonymous]

Looking back on all the things you worried about, how did the worrying alone changed the outcome? My point is, regardless if you worry or not, the outcome is the same. Worrying alone does not make any difference. Try it once, you will love it.
Next time you start worrying, turn it off, tell yourself that this time you are not going to worry. Then see what happens. It is pretty amazing experiment that can change the way you look at things.

[Anonymous]

The easiest and fastest way to turn off worrying is a magic word.. or actually two words .. F- it!
Instant impact. You still will get form the universe what it planned for you, minus the worrying part.
It is somewhat a win.