CalmDepth Guides · No. 05
A field guide to worry
Steady
ground.
A guide for when worry blows in.
Lumi's Lanterns · Anxiety
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Worry is
weather.
You are
the ground.
Worry is a careful mind trying to protect you. Like weather, it arrives and moves on. This field guide helps you spot it, name it, and stay rooted while it passes.
If worry feels heavy for a long while, talking with a professional or someone you trust is always a good step.
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Plate I · identify
The
What If.
Common. Seen most at night and before big days.
Fuzzy edgesit feels huge, with few details
Future tenseit lives in tomorrow
Field tip: say "I am having the thought that..." before it. A thought is a guess, not a fact.
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Plate II · root down
Grow
roots.
Press both feet into the floor. Imagine roots growing from your soles, down and wide. Feel the chair hold you. Name three things you can see.
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Plate III · let it float
Leaves on
a stream.
Picture a slow stream. Place each worry on a leaf and watch it float downstream. No need to push it. The stream does the carrying.
Specimen noteLeaves come back sometimes. That is normal. Place them on the water again.
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Plate IV · give it a time
A window
for worry.
Choose fifteen minutes each day as worry time. When a worry visits earlier, jot it down and say: see you at five. Then return to now.
15 minutesSame time, same chair. Worry gets its turn, and the rest of the day is yours.
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Put it together
Your pocket
field card.
When worry blows in
Spot it. "I am having the thought that..."
Root down. Feet, chair, three things you see.
Leaf it. Let the stream carry it on.
Still visiting? Save it for the window.
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Follow the path · 7 days
Field
journal.
01Soft Start for Morning NervesMeditation
02Back to Your SensesJourney
03Thoughts Are Guesses, Not FactsJourney
04Thoughts on LeavesJourney
05Give Worry Its Own WindowJourney
06Steady GroundMeditation
07The Weather VaneStory
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Remember
Weather
moves on.
Ground stays.
Every time you root down, the roots grow a little deeper.
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