#3 The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty in Worry - Overcoming Worry & Anxiety | Dr. Rami Nader

Intolerance of uncertainty is the main "fuel" that drives the worry engine. If you worry a lot, there's a good chance that intolerance of uncertainty plays a big role in that worry and associated anxiety. Intolerance of uncertainty is a well-known factor that contributes to excessive worry in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and worries more generally. This video explains the concept of intolerance of uncertainty as akin to a "psychological allergy" that leads people to experience a lot of anxiety and worry in response to relatively low levels of uncertainty. I also discuss how intolerance of uncertainty increases worry and anxiety by acting as a lens through which a person views the world, resulting in the person always considering all of the negative possible outcomes from an uncertain situation and failing to recognize the possible neutral or positive outcomes that could arise as well.

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Videos in the worry management series:
Overcoming Worry 1: Defining Worry: 3 features of worry and 2 types of worry - https://tinyurl.com/y2ox4z9n
Overcoming Worry 2: Understanding a model of worry and worry awareness training - https://tinyurl.com/y5awco8l
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 3: The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty in Worry - https://tinyurl.com/y6ohak2y
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 4: Manifestations of Intolerance of Uncertainty - https://youtu.be/kxZhnoO23iM
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 5: Two Ways to Build Tolerance for Uncertainty - https://youtu.be/UL8ayC0Fe9Y
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 6: Five Myths about Worry - https://youtu.be/Ss-lybWi5wE
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 7: Challenging Worry Myths - https://youtu.be/x0c4Am9gj4I
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 8: What do you do when you hate dealing with problems? - https://youtu.be/CwnlOXtnn58
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 9: Problem-Solving Skills to Defeat Worry - https://youtu.be/hyWDgTiVVfY
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 10: Why we worry about things that haven’t happened - https://youtu.be/n2u3jpGl81Q
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 11: The most surprising tool to help you worry less - https://youtu.be/mkYxVWlwuk0
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 12 - A Worry Management Recipe - https://youtu.be/nr68o7eBmBQ
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 13 - Dealing with Complex Worries - https://youtu.be/rXeISzGK71Q
Overcoming Worry & Anxiety 14 - Maintaining Progress and Preventing Worry Relapse - https://youtu.be/KRk9aRjr0XI

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For more information about Dr. Michel Dugas' work on Generalized Anxiety Disorder and an excellent workbook, visit: https://tinyurl.com/yxf78mnt
For more information about the North Shore Stress and Anxiety Clinic, visit: http://www.nssac.ca

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