âMan is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problemsâ â Epictetus
My imagination has been the root of more problems than have ever existed on their own. Iâm not sure when it began, but I think that my female intuition figures in there somewhere, which has given my worry an air of credibility.
I am not at all what most would consider a worrier, though. I use common sense to deal with most daily problems. Itâs the problems that come into my mind as Iâm lying down to sleep that become those âimagined anxieties.â When my head hits the pillow, I can often worry a problem into existence if it doesnât appear on its own.