The document discusses different types and causes of worry and anxiety. It states that worry can be helpful when it motivates action, but chronic worrying that interferes with daily life is problematic. It identifies sources of worry such as health, relationships, finances, past experiences, genetics, behaviors, and perfectionism. Solutions proposed include cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation techniques, medication, managing thought patterns, and adopting a daily worry period. The role of diet, caffeine, and certain foods in impacting anxiety is also covered, with recommendations to increase intake of healthy foods. Unwanted memories from the past are discussed as another potential cause of worry.

1. When ‘worry’ takes over…
Worrying can be helpful when it spurs you to take action
and solve a problem. Worry ‘yesterday-today-tomorrow’
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By Dr.Balasandilyan
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2. 1. Worry as such can cause…
 Worried about health? Eat well.
 Worried about money, Save some.
 Worried about your relationships? Work on them.
 Worry paralyzes you.
 Worry keeps you up at night, every night.
 Worry is hurting your relationships. Worry makes you sick.
 Chronic worrying affects your daily life so much that it interferes with
your appetite, lifestyle habits, relationships, sleep, and job
performance. Many people who worry excessively are so anxiety-
ridden that they seek relief in harmful lifestyle habits such as
overeating, cigarette smoking, or using alcohol and drugs.
 Worry because of our own sickness/or others
 Anxiety because of insecurity/inability
 Panic because of unconscious inputs in the mind. Genetic as a reason
 Behavioral temperament/nature . Physically weak
 Past experience. Past imperfect/Future tense

3. 1. Worry
 Wanting to be perfect and worrying with anxiety - Obsession
 Cognitive Therapy Focuses on creating an understanding of the
thought patterns that bring on worry. It helps anxiety sufferers
separate unrealistic from realistic thoughts.
 Behavior Therapy Focuses on taming anxiety through control of
specific ways the body overreacts to worry. One common approach is
to teach controlled breathing and the relaxing of muscles that constrict
with worry. Both techniques lower heart rate and blood pressure.
(Behavior – Before and After – job, marriage, success, accomplishment)
 Relaxation Training Through a mixture of cognitive and behavior
techniques, helps avert high anxiety. One approach is to think of a
relaxing scene when anxiety levels start to rise.
 Desensitization Those who suffer phobias and obsessive-compulsive
disorder are gradually and safely exposed to whatever is the source of
their anxiety, until, over time, tolerance is built.
 Medication Antidepressant and antianxiety medications are most
effective in combination with psychotherapy.

4. 1. When you keep worrying…
 You have mixed feelings about your worries…you think:
 Maybe I'll find a solution.
 I don't want to overlook anything.
 If I keep thinking a little longer, maybe I'll figure it out.
 I don't want to be surprised.
 I want to be responsible.
 Self-help tip 6:
 Create a worry period (fix a time, postpone, ignore and enjoy)
 See if the problem is solvable
 Accept uncertainty
 Challenge anxious thoughts
 Beware of how others affect you
 Practice mindfulness

5. 2. Hurry
 Panic : a situation in which a lot of people are hurrying to do or get
something because they are frightened or worried
 Rush : a situation in which you hurry to do something, especially because
you do not have much time
 Dash : an act of running or going somewhere very quickly because you are
in a hurry
 Surge : a sudden movement of a large group of people
 Scramble : a situation in which you have to hurry to do something
 A race against time : a situation in which someone must do or finish
something very quickly because they only have a limited amount of time to
do it
 Hustle : quick effective movement
 Scurry : a mad dash/rush a situation in which you are hurrying to do
something because you do not have much time
 Stampede : a situation in which a lot of people all try to do something at
the same time
 Hurry causes worry – so go slow…!

6. 2. Why do we hurry
 Because we want to finish fast (fast food, fast cash, fast growth)
 Fear of failure/loss/do it before others, for false prestige, as a habit.
 We do not listen when in hurry
 We are not watchful when in hurry
 We are not careful when in hurry
 We end up messing things…
 We are not correct in doing/saying when in hurry
 We do not follow procedures/rules in hurry
 We do not remember few things when in hurry
 We take wrong decisions/wrong routes in hurry
 Hurry can cause many troubles in life. It can lower a person's esteem in
family and society and project him as an unworthy individual. So, one
must avoid the attitude of laziness and be disciplined always to achieve
success in one's life.

7. 3. Curry
 Curry is an extremely spicy sometimes and can cause changes in
man's behavior also. Hot dishes can influence a person's way of
thinking and make him angry or sad or depressed in extreme
cases if such foods are consumed regularly. Fast foods can harm a
person in the long run both physically and mentally. Changes in
behavior are brought about by spicy foods and intake must be
reduced to ensure good health.
 Caffeine, Liquor, High-fat diet, Salty food can cause anxiety
 Vegetables, fruits, whole grain – to take more
 Magnesium and calcium from – green leaf, whole grain and nuts
etc.
 Tryptophan and B Vitamin from Milk, peanut butter and bananas
 Omega 3 – Fatty fish, walnuts,

8. 3. Food plays an important role
 Sathvik food (vegetarian, non spicy, greens, salads, sprouts, soups,
juice, milk, butter milk etc) Food reflects in our thoughts, behavior,
temperament, complexion, shine in skin, health, sleep etc.
 Deep fried food, junk food, reused oil foods such as Bhajji, Bonda - NO
 Food from our kitchen – seeragam, milagu, inji, poondu, kadukkai,
venthayam, chinna vengayam, nelli, sundaikkai, vaazhaithandu,
karivaeppillai, puthina, sathu maavu, kanji, cholam, kambu, raagi etc.
 Vitamin D – from egg, fortified butter, salmon fish
 Melatonin – oats, rice, sweet corn, tomato, ginger, banana, radish,
barley
 Vitamin B Complex - foods like liver, red and green peppers, hazelnuts,
peanuts, cashews, turkey, cod, whole grains, potato, mushroom, peas,
spinach, wheat germ and pork.
 Chocolates, Green tea, Herbal tea, herbal drinks, lemon and ginger
drinks would help people in anxiety , weakness and depression.

9. 4. Memory
 Unwanted memory can cause worry
 Memory related to Incidents, disappointments, failures, insults,
agony, loss (people, property, loss), poor performance, abuses,
blames, loss of reputation, excessive shame, punishments,
disease, surgery, pain, interview/exams, low grasping, envy,
jealousy, greed, fear, poor will power, absent minded-ness,
 Untold secrets, certain things causing feel of guilt
 Childhood trauma, parenting related
 Unused knowledge becomes a burden
 Persistent unwanted thoughts may destroy a person's capacity to
function at work
 Dreams, TV or media news, trauma scenes/photos,

10. 4. How to overcome unwanted
memory
 Reparenting
 Age –Regression process
 Psychotherapy
 NLP, Hypnotherapy, Flower therapy, Trans, other alternate
therapy (Pranic healing, Reiki)can cure.
 It's the nagging thought, "I made a mistake" or "I think I have
cancer" or "I'm going to lose control." These thoughts seem to
intrude on your mind and you try to block them out. So to
switch thought patterns by altering behavioral patterns.

11. 5. Worry due to ‘Sundry’ (damn the
unwanted ones…what can I do ?
 Baggage or Trolley (carrying other’s worries), trying to extend help,
guarantee signature, protect or rescue others. (Thallu vandi)
 Worrying about war, violence, calamities, loss, fire, accidents, crime -
else where
 Taking worry into mind because of Stories read, movies seen, Soaps
seen daily, news read or seen in media and desires instilled in our
mind by others such as car, bungalow, status etc.
 Worrying of the social agony – frauds, corruption, black-money,
adulteration (kalappadam), poor governance, public distribution,
education system, unemployment, price inflation (which is not under
our control)
 Food security, climate change(less or more rain, temperature being
high), orphanages, old age homes, new diseases, child labor,
sabotage, cultural changes, lowering social values, intolerant new-gen,
changing food/dress culture, women abuse, complex religion, new
corporate trends like BPOs etc., traffic system, pollution issues,
abusing nature, change of stock market, gold price, divorces etc.