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I'm very realistic about things I cannot change. Why worry about something that either will or won't come to pass.

Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Mar 9 '10, 13:12

I think I got it when my dad got cancer and then my mother. Nothing I could do and fretting just made the whole thing worse *shrug*

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in my experience, worry is probably the most useless human emotion. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:14 21
- They're all based on evolutionary biological needs. They just sometimes go haywire in our current societal model. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 13:18 1
  - true. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:21
- right up there with envy and jealasy -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 13:17 15
  - actually envy can be very useful as a motivation to acheive for yourself what someone else has - znufrii Mar 9, 13:20 14
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      - not in my experience. - znufrii Mar 9, 13:36
    - But you can worry that something is wrong, then check and fix it if it is. -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 13:21 7
      - the thread is about worry about things you can't change - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 13:24 6
        
        and if you're worrying about stuff you can change, and not just going and changing it, there are deeper issues at hand. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:25 5
        
        in some cases sadness and worry seem alike especially when family, death and that stuff is involved - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 13:29
        
        Just like if you're envious of someone, but don't use that envy to improve your life, there are deeper issues at hand? -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 13:28 3
        
        definitely. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:36 1
        
        Heh - I've tried writing several replies to this, but each time I realise I sound like Dawson, and delete it -- nm - Roger More Mar 9, 13:42
        
        it's far easier just to be envious and jealous then to change your own life - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 13:31
    - thats desire -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 13:20 3
      - there's a distinction in motivation. desire is wanting something in its own right, envy is wanting something because you see that someone else has it. -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:22 2
        
        well perhaps but envy often leads to a wish to destroy -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 9, 13:25 1
        
        envy can lead to jealousy, sure -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:26
- this is so true, yet i worry incessantly about the smallest things. i really fight it. -- nm - Andie Mar 9, 13:16
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  - hmmm? -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 13:17
This is my general attitude as well. For some reason I find a lot of people find it frustrating. -- nm - Reagen Mar 9, 13:13 1
- Misery loves company. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 9, 13:19

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