How to stop worrying about hypothetical situations?

[NewKidOnTheBlock99]

Does anyone have any tips on how to stop uncontrollable worrying about hypothetical situations? I tend to get a small thread of information and I then worry! Like this has happened so that means this, this and this is going to happen and it really takes over my thoughts and gets me down :(

Any resources would be great also!

TYIA

Google the 'worry tree' which will help you break down/direct worries about hypothetical situations.

The happiness trap book has some good tips.

Grounding techniques are worth a Google.

When you think/worry about hypothetical situations you are simply imagining or, to put it even more simply, you are pretending. You are pretending that something bad is going to happen and because you are adding in lots of details, maybe events following on from your initial scenario you forget that you are only imagining and it becomes real in your mind.

When it happens and your imagination has you sitting by a grave or a hospital bed or alone in your bed or whatever, look at the seat you are sitting in. That's real - everything else is just pretend.

Given that your imagination is powerful enough to make you feel so down, start imagining in the opposite direction. Create a pretend situation where everything is fabulous and amazing and wonderful. Use the memory of the happiest day of your life as a foundation and let your imagination take over.

This may sound strange - and will take practice if you've only been used to imagining bad things but it will work.