Why do people worry about things they cannot change?

Question

Like wars in the middle east and Global Warming.

Is it just human nature to worry?

Answer 1

it is partly just human nature, but also not being able to do aynything about the change can be scary too and it mite not just be worry.....it mite efar, cos they have no control over it.....many people although would not admit, like to be in control

Answer 2

I once saw a prayer on a plate in a religious shop which I thought was brilliant.
Lord give me the courage to change what I can change,
The patience to accept what I cannot change,
And above all the wisdom to know the difference.

A great philosophy for life. To answer your question I think it's probably as you say just human nature. I know I used to worry a lot but I've got much more laid back as I got older.

Answer 3

Worry, or feelings of being worried, is like the body's smoke detector. When properly working, and connected to a relatively stable sense of self, the feeling promts us to evaluate whatever it is that is being brought to our attention, in the hopes of finding some way to deal with it.

As the sense of self wears away, the 'triggers' that cause such feelings multiply, so much so that any slight disturbance initiates a string of 'alarms'. A person who has been burglared, for example, and who has not done anything physical to 'reinforce' their house or their self-esteem, hears a noise, and the worry of that noise (is it a burglar) instantly triggers not only an alarm about an intruder but an alarm about one's own inability to deal with an intruder, which makes them panic, which triggers another alarm (I am panicking, I can't react to anything) which immobilizes them even stronger, which triggers another alarm, etc etc etc.

You can also imagine 'worry' as being like a staircase we build downwards. The more worries we have, the more stairs we create. And the event/cause is like a ball that starts rolling. The more stairs we have, the longer the ball bounces and the longer we spend trying to catch up to it. A person who has done everything within their power they can to be safe, physically and mentally, only has a few stairs (since no one can absolutely protect themselves from everything possible), so whatever 'event' comes along, they only have a short way to go to get a hold on the experience.

The more insecure you are, the more stairs you have, the harder it is to get a hold on the 'event' ball that goes bouncing down them.

Answer 4

Because i think the worry shows that we are only human and that we do have morals bcos we know things like war and global warming can be avoided and also bcos to some extent we cause these problems as humans ourselves too, and that this should change.

Answer 5

there develop right into a time as quickly as I did, yet as I have been given older, i eventually found out I had no administration over particular circumstances and discovered to allow circulate. existence is lots greater calm & relaxing now. you're so right! there is not any objective in livng in a relentless state of agitation...

Answer 6

It has to do with control. People like to feel they have control over every aspect of their lives. They often feel uncomfortable when things are beyond their control because it implies unknown ends. The unknown brings up issues of safety when anything can and would happen. This makes people fear, even unconsciously.

Answer 7

That's what really causes people, or at least me, to worry...the fact that you can't change something. If you could change the outcome you obviously would so that it would be to your benefit or of benefit to society as a whole..its the not being able to change things and relying on other peoples decisions that causes worry..or maybe I'm worrying needlessly!!

Answer 8

if humans did not worry we would have no ability to solve complex problems.
problems that seem unsolvable at first can be ruminated over and put in perspective and eventually solved.
humans have a need to have answers to unanswerable questions, and that creates worry if things seems unsolvable.

Answer 9

People are always worried about something...it is human nature's profile...Worrying changes nothing...only action can help things...

Answer 10

Because governments throughout the world have a knack of installing fear into it's citizens through abuse of power...