“If that happens, prepare for…” is a line from an opinion piece in a respected newspaper. The headline for the article was “Prepare For the (worst possible outcome)!”
It’s clickbait to scare me and get me to read the story! I didn’t fall for it this time, but sometimes I do. Often, I don’t even need a newspaper headline to scare me. I can create my own fantasy of the worst possible outcome for something without help. It can be expecting a medical appointment to yield bad news or imagining missing my flight because my ride to the airport was late, or almost anything.
You’ve done it too. You imagine that something terrible is going to happen and then worry about it. Sometimes it even does happen, and you realize it’s not nearly as bad in reality as the fantasy you imagined.
When I find myself worried about something I use the 3 ‘magic’ sentences you lean when you read “Letting It Go” and insert the words, “this image of (the worst thing)” into each sentence. I usually stop worrying about whatever it was.
This is so common that I created a free, short email program to help you learn my process. “Reduce Worry Starting Now” is at http://www.LaurieWeiss.com . Get started right now. Then read the book to learn how this process can help you reduce unnecessary suffering and enjoy your life.
This post is a comment I wrote about a passage on Page 52 revised edition, Page 56 original of Letting It Go: Relieve Anxiety and Toxic Stress in Just a Few Minutes Using Only Words (Rapid Relief with Logosynthesis®). You can see the passage in the book. You can also see the excerpt here. This link will take you to Bublish.com, where I regularly publish comments on parts of this book. This is a site where authors share of their work. You can subscribe to my musings, there, as well as to the musings of many other authors. It’s a great place to learn about new books and I recommend that you visit.