Worry Wart

Why are some people naturally worriers? I fall into this category always and I try to work on it but to no avail. You know how you'll have an event or something that causes you worry and you just want to get past it so you can relax again? I get past the original worry and then maybe allow myself one day before something new pops into my head to worry about.

I think I've always been this way since I was a kid. Not that most kids have too awful much to worry about, but to kids, even little things can mean the end of the world. As an adult I should be able to rationalize when worry is constructive and when it is wasted energy but it is one of my faults. I guess you could say I sweat the small stuff.  Consciously I know when I'm doing this but seem unable to stop it. It's like my mind has a mind of it's own and it needs something to fret over. 

This is what I'm working on in my life right now in hopes that I can get a handle on it and live a much more relaxed life instead of always having my mind race to the "what-if's" and the worse possible scenarios. Hopefully I'll be successful...