How to Prevent a Worry from Becoming an Obsession

There are times when certain of your ideas damage your daily life. They’re like a woodpecker pecking at the trunk of a tree over and over again. You can’t stop thinking about them. You allow their presence in your mind for the simple reason that you seem unable to avoid it. Your flow of thoughts goes on and on. Therefore, we ask the question, how do you prevent a worry from becoming an obsession? It would be great if you could just follow the advice of those who tell you to “Just stop thinking about it and that’ll put an end to…