Originally Posted By: zig

i've literally just found out today that worrying is actually a way of controlling - never knew that, and in knowing that and wanting to let go of the control, i actually have given myself some kind of permission to stop worrying (which is hopefully the first step towards stopping ruminating)


This is really profound. Thank you for posting this - my family always says we're "worriers" - I guess really we're all just trying to control things! I'm going to marinate on this. Thanks.