I think some people are genuinely born worriers, my reason for saying this is a family I knew when I was a boy worried about everything. The girl who was my age went into care and after a while she seemed to be less of a worrier. I am Not sure but I do think people's attitudes whether they are worriers or easy going down to those who couldn't care less comes about through how we are brought up, if say your Mother and Father are worriers and you are brought up within that situation you can grow up with the same worries, I think we can become like our Parents and Siblings. Or we are just born that way. That's not saying we can't change
I think we become like our parents because we learn from just watching them. I came from a worrier family and it took years and being in therapy to put a stop to it or really to worry a whole lot less.
Great poem and very meaningful to many people including myself! I never used to worry about anything at all, not getting hurt or dying, that is until I suffered a serious injury, I then started to worry about everything. Now after losing so many of my Family and Friends in such a short space of time I worry about my Mortality. Having said that I am Not afraid of Death itself just the manner of my death,I believe when I die I will be ending one Journey and beginning another !
I appreciate this not because I'm a worrier but because I am married to one. I never knew what compulsive worry was like until I spent my life with someone who did. There is a "worry" gene...has to be, because that seems a curse of the family line. Worrying seem to go hand-in-hand with a bit of OCD and empath personality - I doubt it is ever an isolated personality trait.
If I wrote a poem, it might be called "I never worried."
Our marriage is actually perfect as we directly complement each other's anxiety (and lack thereof)!
Maybe there is a worry gene
I think some people are genuinely born worriers, my reason for saying this is a family I knew when I was a boy worried about everything. The girl who was my age went into care and after a while she seemed to be less of a worrier. I am Not sure but I do think people's attitudes whether they are worriers or easy going down to those who couldn't care less comes about through how we are brought up, if say your Mother and Father are worriers and you are brought up within that situation you can grow up with the same worries, I think we can become like our Parents and Siblings. Or we are just born that way. That's not saying we can't change
I think we become like our parents because we learn from just watching them. I came from a worrier family and it took years and being in therapy to put a stop to it or really to worry a whole lot less.
There must be an innate behavioral trait, possibly genetic. Worry is normal and I think it would be unusual for someone to not worry, ever.
The test is how we react to worry, how we handle it and allow it to affect our thinking and mood.
Well David that is true but it's the amount of worrying a person does.
I grew up in a family of worriers too. Great read Allan.
Thank you Pamela. You are a great f riend
I might be the queen of worriers these days. It seems to be more so after I began living on my own.
Yes and that is understandable
Great poem and very meaningful to many people including myself! I never used to worry about anything at all, not getting hurt or dying, that is until I suffered a serious injury, I then started to worry about everything. Now after losing so many of my Family and Friends in such a short space of time I worry about my Mortality. Having said that I am Not afraid of Death itself just the manner of my death,I believe when I die I will be ending one Journey and beginning another !
I feel the same way. I'm not afraid of death but the way I die.
I appreciate this not because I'm a worrier but because I am married to one. I never knew what compulsive worry was like until I spent my life with someone who did. There is a "worry" gene...has to be, because that seems a curse of the family line. Worrying seem to go hand-in-hand with a bit of OCD and empath personality - I doubt it is ever an isolated personality trait.
If I wrote a poem, it might be called "I never worried."
Our marriage is actually perfect as we directly complement each other's anxiety (and lack thereof)!