What Is Worry?
This is the brain’s attempt to predict future problems.
✅ Answer: What is worry?
This type of worry helps you take action.
✅ Answer: Productive worry
Worry can increase this physical response.
✅ Answer: Heart rate / stress
Myth or Fact: Worrying more prevents bad things.
✅ Answer: Myth
This skill asks: “Can I do something about this worry?”
✅ Answer: Problem‑solving / Do or Drop
Worry usually focuses on this time frame.
✅ Answer: The future
This type of worry goes in circles with no solution.
✅ Answer: Unproductive worry
True or False: Your body reacts to worries the same way it reacts to real danger.
✅ Answer: True
Most of the things people worry about actually happen: True or False?
✅ Answer: False
If you can take action, you should do this next.
✅ Answer: Take one small step
Worry comes from this part of the brain that keeps us safe.
✅ Answer: The survival/alarm system (amygdala)
Worry about things you cannot control is usually this type.
✅ Answer: Unproductive worry
This hormone is released when we worry a lot.
✅ Answer: Cortisol (stress hormone)
Worrying nonstop usually means you are being this.
✅ Answer: Stuck (not productive)
If you can’t control the worry, you should do this instead of thinking about it all day.
✅ Answer: Let it go / release it
True or False: Worry means something bad will definitely happen.
✅ Answer: False
Worry that is specific and solvable is usually this type.
✅ Answer: Productive worry
Worry is meant to protect us, not to make us feel this way all the time.
✅ Answer: Overwhelmed / anxious / exhausted
This is a common belief: “If I stop worrying, something bad will happen.”
✅ Answer: A worry myth
This coping skill helps calm the body when worry shows up.
✅ Answer: Breathing / grounding
Worry can be helpful when it leads to this.
✅ Answer: Planning or action
Thinking “What if, what if, what if…” is a sign of this type of worry.
✅ Answer: Unproductive worry
Being calm helps this process work better than worrying does.
✅ Answer: Problem‑solving
True or False: You can choose how you respond to worry.
✅ Answer: True
Naming a worry and deciding what to do with it builds this skill.
✅ Answer: Emotional regulation / coping skills / Labeling