Members,
There are a number of CBT techniques that are commonly used to help people challenge worry including: thought records, thought stopping, worry time, challenging the value of worry, problem solving, experiments to increase intolerance of uncertainty and cognitive exposure. Let’s take a look at them one at a time:
Worry Time: Worry time is another simple technique that many people find extremely helpful. If you find that you worry all of the time or nearly all of the time, try setting aside a regular time each day to do all of your worrying and then do ALL of your worrying during your Worry Time. So, for, example, if you decide that your Worry time is between
Many people who try this technique and actually set aside Worry Time each day find it very helpful.