Worry

affected by her stress of doing well in school. Carter finds herself lost in her thoughts and worries. She expresses how much of a struggle it is to escape the feelings and overwhelming emotions within her. In this poem, Carter uses a hyperbole, metaphor, and personification to portray that constant worrying can only lead to more worries. Carter uses hyperboles to exaggerate that even the slightest worry can end up affecting one’s life or lifestyle. This is shown when Carter says, “My brain…

sand in the eye. Similarly, when one is unhappy, that sadness does not leave easily however hard one tries to get rid of it. Even by listening to inspiring discourses sadness does not go away. Many a times one consoles the mind that one should not worry about things which is not important. But the mind or intellect does not pay any attention. Under such a circumstance, mantra chanting may really help. Our mind takes the form of the mantra that we repeat. By constant practice the inherent power…

What do you worry about? As a teenager, I worry about a lot of things. I worry about my family, friends, sports, but mostly school. Worrying only makes things more difficult; there are many ways and solutions to this problem. An organization stated that, “Focus on positive aspects” (AnxietyBC). AnxietyBC is a small non-profit organization that gives self-help resources on anxiety. Sometimes in life there will be difficult times, it can push you towards a negative thought. This quote reminds me…

Financial planners are paid to worry. We are professional worriers, not just your average, amateur worriers. We have taken worrying to a new level and made it almost an art form. The amateur worrier spends too much time worrying about things that are likely to happen, but the true professional worries about the unlikely events that can be really disruptive to our plans. We worry about these events because we know that it is the unexpected that can cause the most harm. For instance, your…

Others, worry a lot more than that and in addition to different changes in life events including minor events they become excessive and unreasonable in their expectations of life. Came along the diagnosis for these disorders called the generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The DSM-5 states that in order to diagnose this disorder excessive anxiety and worry needs to occur for more days than not and for at least six months. In addition…

SOURCE). In Linda Geddes article “Worry...Worry...Worry...” she says “the key thing we look for in the clinic is whether anxiety is interfering with a person's day-to-day life , or causing them a lot of distress” states Nick Grey of King’s College London (McGuire, Kathleen "Is Anxiety Holding You Back?"). It’s important not to confuse scary moments with an anxiety disorder because seeing a spider and feeling anxious and scared isn’t…

her classes, and concerns of how this is impacting her academically. Elliot states that while she had some issues in high school with worrying and sleeping, they did not keep her from “getting things done” like they do now. She also noted that her worry does not seem to end, keeps her up late into the night/early morning, and at times, keeps her from doing activities. Finally, Elliot states that she has been increasingly isolating herself,…

Williams, Mark and Penman, Danny, Rodale Books (2011). Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World, Trapped in the Past or Living in the Future (p. 185-210) Finding inner peace seems like an easy thing to do for many individuals, for others however, the task if very daunting. Thoughts race around in your head over and over again. Many feel a sense of urgency consistently and therefore have to be doing something at all times during their hours awake. In the chapter ten…

Privilege The first form of privilege I benefit from is white privilege. Because of the skin I was born in, I will never have to worry about not being taken seriously in a professional setting based on my race. I will never have to worry about going into a convent store on my own and being followed or accused of stealing. I can speak my mind without being called racial slurs. I can go into any hair salon and every stylist will know how to cater to my hair type. I can speak the way everybody…

I wish I could go back to the year 2000, when I had no worries about bills, or school because I was still young, I still had my grandparents, and my parents were better off on bills and life in general. The year 2000 was the best year of my life that I wish I could relive. The main reason I would want to go back to the year 2000 is because I was young and had no worries of school, or bills. It is the year 2016 and I am in debt three hundred dollars, this came from my truck payment, and it’s…