Comments on: Reisefieber http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/ A blog about MMORPGs like World of Warcraft (WoW) and Everquest 2 (EQ2) Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:56:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-29969 Gordon Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:29:11 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-29969 Thanks, I'll check it out :) Thanks, I’ll check it out :)

]]> By: heiko van der scherm http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-29845 heiko van der scherm Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:29:56 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-29845 by the way, since i read a book by eckhart tolle i stopped worrying at all. i really can recommend it. by the way, since i read a book by eckhart tolle i stopped worrying at all. i really can recommend it.

]]> By: heiko van der scherm http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-29843 heiko van der scherm Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:24:53 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-29843 I'am a german and it is true. we have a word for everything. nicely written :) thanks! i am a writer myself :) are you an eve player? I’am a german and it is true. we have a word for everything. nicely written :) thanks! i am a writer myself :) are you an eve player?

]]> By: Markosias http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-8869 Markosias Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:32:41 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-8869 Don't worry, be happy! I'm not much of a worrier, I don't have time for it I guess. Or if I find my mind wandering starting to worry about something (like in an airport wainting to board) I read a book or do a crossword puzzle or a game to refocus my mind on something more benign and fun. Don’t worry, be happy! I’m not much of a worrier, I don’t have time for it I guess. Or if I find my mind wandering starting to worry about something (like in an airport wainting to board) I read a book or do a crossword puzzle or a game to refocus my mind on something more benign and fun.

]]> By: Longasc http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-8867 Longasc Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:32:42 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-8867 Be a warrior - not a worrier! :) Be a warrior – not a worrier! :)

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-8866 Gordon Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:21:34 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-8866 Interesting strategy :) I've read some books and other material on CBT and it's all about trying to rationalize your fears and worries. The problem of catastrophic thoughts occurs because your emotions aren't in sync with your rational brain so you freak out without needing to. It's like your body is just trained to automatically freak out, kinda like muscle memory. Apparently a good way to deal with it is to follow the thoughts through to their conclusion and analyze what exactly the root fear is and understand that's pretty unlikely to occur. Interesting strategy :) I’ve read some books and other material on CBT and it’s all about trying to rationalize your fears and worries. The problem of catastrophic thoughts occurs because your emotions aren’t in sync with your rational brain so you freak out without needing to. It’s like your body is just trained to automatically freak out, kinda like muscle memory. Apparently a good way to deal with it is to follow the thoughts through to their conclusion and analyze what exactly the root fear is and understand that’s pretty unlikely to occur.

]]> By: Gordon http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-8865 Gordon Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:18:51 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-8865 Hehe. Y'know, it does give me some small comfort to know that I'm not the only person in the world who worries themselves silly! :) Hehe. Y’know, it does give me some small comfort to know that I’m not the only person in the world who worries themselves silly! :)

]]> By: Beej http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-8863 Beej Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:09:34 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-8863 Oh, am I ever a worrier. With the wedding coming up in a few months and details having to be ironed out, my life-long obsession where I overthought everything has expanded twenty-fold. There's not a thing I don't worry about, and I'm sure it's going to end in some stress related ailment in the future. Oh, am I ever a worrier. With the wedding coming up in a few months and details having to be ironed out, my life-long obsession where I overthought everything has expanded twenty-fold. There’s not a thing I don’t worry about, and I’m sure it’s going to end in some stress related ailment in the future.

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/07/30/reisefieber/comment-page-1/#comment-8862 Daniel Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:06:24 +0000 http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/?p=1332#comment-8862 Your brain is a wonderful thing. And I agree with the first psychologist but not with Churchill. Those worries are real; they are real to your mind. If you keep pretending the don't exist, they will keep existing. The mind works like that. Worries are simply an attempt to control the situation so trying to control them is just one more struggle for control. When they get too bothersome my own approach is to have fun with it. My brain: "Your gonna die!!" Me: "Wooot! I get to go home early" My brain: "The plane will crash!" Me: "Awesome, gotta be better than Space Mountain." My brain: "I'm sure you'll forget sometime important." Me: "It will be the oven. The gas will explode and send the house sky high. Poor Dorothy." See, it's a little mental jujitsu that turns the weight of the worry against itself. If the fear is irrational, be irrational right back. Your brain is a wonderful thing. And I agree with the first psychologist but not with Churchill. Those worries are real; they are real to your mind. If you keep pretending the don’t exist, they will keep existing. The mind works like that.

Worries are simply an attempt to control the situation so trying to control them is just one more struggle for control. When they get too bothersome my own approach is to have fun with it.

My brain: “Your gonna die!!”
Me: “Wooot! I get to go home early”

My brain: “The plane will crash!”
Me: “Awesome, gotta be better than Space Mountain.”

My brain: “I’m sure you’ll forget sometime important.”
Me: “It will be the oven. The gas will explode and send the house sky high. Poor Dorothy.”

See, it’s a little mental jujitsu that turns the weight of the worry against itself. If the fear is irrational, be irrational right back.

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