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When a worry arrives
Solvable now, or uncertainty to sit with?
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WEAVE FAMILY, ONE PAGE
THE WORRY-TREE METHOD
WHEN A WORRY ARRIVES
Action, or uncertainty? Choose the right route.
NOTICE IT: Name the worry in one sentence.
IS THIS A CURRENT PROBLEM I CAN SOLVE?
NO, A HYPOTHETICAL WHAT IF: ACCEPT, this is outside my control for now. MAKE ROOM, let the discomfort be here. GROUND, slow breathing, feet on the floor, sounds around me. REDIRECT, return to the day.
YES, A CURRENT SOLVABLE PROBLEM: PLAN, what, when, how? CAN I DO IT NOW? NOW, do it and return to the day. LATER, schedule it, take comfort that it is scheduled, return to the day.
FAMILY: Listen and help with one agreed action. Avoid endless reassurance.
If worry is taking over sleep, work, study or self-care, book a clinical review. New body symptoms still need a proper check.
IMMEDIATE SELF-HARM DANGER, COLLAPSE, SEVERE BREATHING DIFFICULTY OR NEW SEVERE CHEST PAIN: call 112 or go to emergency care.
Dr. Wilfred D'souza, Dr. Niharika Reddy. weave.clinic/family