I agree about the tendency of smaller worries to expand so as to fill the available space. And it works the other way around too, doesn’t it: newer and bigger worries tend to crowd out older and smaller ones.
When it comes to habitual worrying, I have a pretty hard-line stance; basically, I advocate stopping it altogether. I wrote a post to this effect on Substack a while ago, although, to be honest, it doesn’t really even argue why you should stop worrying but jumps straight into how. I do, of course, recognize there is a value to being vigilant and on guard against unnecessary risks, but I see this as subtly different from worrying.
I agree about the tendency of smaller worries to expand so as to fill the available space. And it works the other way around too, doesn’t it: newer and bigger worries tend to crowd out older and smaller ones.
When it comes to habitual worrying, I have a pretty hard-line stance; basically, I advocate stopping it altogether. I wrote a post to this effect on Substack a while ago, although, to be honest, it doesn’t really even argue why you should stop worrying but jumps straight into how. I do, of course, recognize there is a value to being vigilant and on guard against unnecessary risks, but I see this as subtly different from worrying.