Carrie Anderson

“If you avoid the object of your worries, you will become more afraid of them. What you do counts for much more than what you think.”
― David A. Carbonell, The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It

“It may surprise you to hear that what you worry about, the specific content of your worrisome thoughts, isn't usually all that important. What's most important is how you relate to your worrisome thoughts, whatever their content may be.”
― David A. Carbonell, The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You Into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It

“Worry predictions aren’t based on what’s likely to happen. They’re based on what would be terrible if it did happen. They’re not based on probability—they’re based on fear.”
― David A. Carbonell, The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It

“Chronic worries don't get solved because there really isn't anything to solve. The worry just gets repeated until it's replaced by something else.”
― David A. Carbonell, The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You Into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It