Someone describes attending Caroline Cavanagh's talk on anxiety and having a breakthrough moment when she suggested asking whether your worries are real or imagined. All of theirs turned out to be imagined, which changed how they see their anxiety.
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Wow, I've just heard Caroline Cavanagh talking about anxiety, and one of the biggest things that actually was the simplest things was asking yourself about risk. And there were 2 things she said, is it real or is it imagined? And I wrote them down and they were all imagined. And it's— I don't know, it's like a lightbulb moment. I'm like, wow, I really need to look at those things that I worry about that I think are risk, and is it real or is it imagined? Has it happened? Is it in the future or is it happening right now? So Caroline, thank you for that. But if you want to hear about anxiety and how actually it should be a good thing for us all and how we need to manage it, put some leadership on it, and turn it around to work for us— Thanks Caroline, I look forward to seeing you again soon.