| A unorthodox idea from a guy that know nothing: Turn your worries into histories. Make it a novel, comics, fan-fiction or similar. I'm too lazy and no even write then, just play it into the head. Because, what if somebody read about them! > I also worry deeply about hypothetical situations that will probably never happen This mean you are good at build plots! Take a look at https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/ and http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/search_result.php?q=plot. For example, I was thinking this past week when I was into a stresfull bug hunting that turn to be a compiler bug (how unexpected!): "but what if I'm a pacifist that enjoy kung-fu and live in a place where I can't decide to not fight?" https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/114706/mar... And boom! is solved. --- Turning worries in histories allow to counter them. You can insert a hero, and let he handle it. Then, obviously, you will start worry more. "What if he need to defeat the dinousaur with lasers but a carnivorous-plant that is also poisoned with stuff that conveniently cause depression symptoms to the hero, now how can he fight it? AND IS RAINING!" So, instead to fight all the time, you let it flow, but make it flow INTO A RIVER YOU OWN. I don't say this work all the time, but is good for me. |