“How much is too much? Is there a too little? What if I worry too little? How little is not enough? How do I know I worry enough, if I don’t know how much too is?”
I honestly think this is a thoughtless, unfeeling thing to say, at least in many cases. As a teen trying to understand the world and what God expected of me, my concerns, thoughts, and feelings were dismissed with this. If instead of “You worry too much,” I had been met with empathy and my honest, albeit judgemental, questions answered with patience—if someone had bothered to teach me about God’s grace and encourage open-mindedness—I might not have fallen prey to my own best thinking. I wasted a lot of years being a paranoid jerk.
Ida No over 3 years ago
“How much is too much? Is there a too little? What if I worry too little? How little is not enough? How do I know I worry enough, if I don’t know how much too is?”
carlosrivers over 3 years ago
That’s me…
distortion over 3 years ago
Try Xanax.
gopher gofer over 3 years ago
what? me worry…?
gawkface over 3 years ago
its name is mandelwart
CalLadyQED over 3 years ago
Yes! I stressed because I am in pain. I’m in pain because I don’t get enough sleep. I don’t get enough sleep because I am so stressed.
CalLadyQED over 3 years ago
I honestly think this is a thoughtless, unfeeling thing to say, at least in many cases. As a teen trying to understand the world and what God expected of me, my concerns, thoughts, and feelings were dismissed with this. If instead of “You worry too much,” I had been met with empathy and my honest, albeit judgemental, questions answered with patience—if someone had bothered to teach me about God’s grace and encourage open-mindedness—I might not have fallen prey to my own best thinking. I wasted a lot of years being a paranoid jerk.