You Weren’t Born Anxious: Why Worry Isn’t Your Personality
- Lindsey Elliott
- 1 day ago
- 1 min read
Most people who struggle with anxiety believe it is simply part of who they are.
They describe themselves as someone who has always worried. Someone cautious. Someone whose mind never switches off.
But if you look closely, something interesting appears.
You were not born worrying about your job, your relationships, or your future.
When we are young, the mind simply starts finding things to worry about. First it might be our parents, school, or whether other children like us. Later it becomes exams, work, money, relationships, and family.
The topic keeps changing. The habit stays the same.
Over time, that habit can begin to look like personality.
You start to believe: “This is just who I am. I’m an anxious person.”
But what if worry is not your personality at all? What if it is simply a pattern your mind got into early on, and no one ever showed you that it is optional?
In the video below I share the realisation that changed everything for me, and why the structure of worry can fall away once you see what is actually happening.
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