My Mother, the Worrier.

My Mother worries about everything. Sometimes, she focuses her worrying on herself. I have posted previously about my Mother worrying about herself, specifically, when she worries about her low pulse rate. When she worries about her pulse, she takes her pulse several times during the day and really focuses on it. She can get rather morose when she does this.

At other times, like now, Mom worries about others, usually family members. It could be a family member's health issues that worry her. Or maybe a family member is having troubles with their spouse/kids. Or financial issues. Whatever the worry is, Mom internalizes it and worries about it like it is her own trouble. It may even affect her physically. This is taking empathy to a whole new level... perhaps to an art form!

Mom is currently worried about a family member. Actually, she is most likely worried about a couple of family members. She is REALLY worried. And it's affecting her greatly. She cannot eat. She doesn't want to talk to anyone and is avoiding the phone. Because she doesn't want to talk, she not socializing. She is even "avoiding" Gilmart! My final clue that Mom is truly worried is that she has lost interest in the lottery. This is a big deal! She doesn't want any scratcher tickets. She is not interested in getting Pick 3 and Pick 4 tickets. She is barely even taking the time to watch the live lottery drawings on TV.

As always, things will work out one way or another. They usually do whether we worry about them or not. I'm not sure what Mom's worrying is supposed to accomplish. But that is just the way she is. She is a worrier. She is like a dog with a bone with this "worrying thing" and it's starting to affect her health. I hope it comes to an end soon... especially since she is using this to postpone her tooth extraction and pacemaker procedure.

Any suggestions to help her through the worrying?