Are You Worrying Your Life Away?

By John Holland

Do you sometimes feel that you were born to worry? Can you think of someone right now who deserves the title of: “The Chronic Worrier?” In my line of work, people often tell me what they’re worrying about. Even as a child, people poured out their worries and problems to me, regardless of whether they knew me or not. I have a deep empathy for people who worry, as I know what it’s like, having being a perpetual worrier myself. I was raised in an alcoholic home so worrying became second nature to me, and again when you are raised in an alcoholic home – you are taught to worry.

Nowadays, people say to me: “John, how can you worry if you’re psychic?” Even though I am blessed with this wonderful gift of being psychic, I’m still very much a human being. Some people think that by worrying it will somehow protect or prepare them for the unexpected. I’m sorry to dispel this myth, but it doesn’t work…