Here is how to do it. It might be difficult at first. But then it is always difficult to break any habit. Try your hand at what we suggest.
Write down a list of five things that you would like to buy for yourself: flowers, books, a new blouse, candles or even a hippo! Ask a friend or family member to look at your list and add two things she has heard you say you want. For each of the next seven weeks, buy one item on your list.
Make a list of the people closest to you. Beside each name, write one item you know that person wants to buy, or that she or he would enjoy receiving. If you cannot think of anything, just write "a card and some flowers". Then, each week for the next few weeks, buy one of the items on the list and present it to your loved ones.
Each time a catastrophic image comes to your mind, write it down on a piece of paper. Put it in a box created specifically for this purpose. At the end of each week, take those bits of paper and tear them up, burn them, or bury them in the garden. Do one piece at a time, reminding yourself with each that you will not give up control of your happiness to this Demon Worry.
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