Worry Knot

My crippling Anxiety once floored me. Now I wouldn’t be without it : Guest blog by Emma Johnson at Worry Knot Jewellery April 27, 2020 ~ Eleanor Segall   For 10 or so years, throughout adulthood, I have battled on and off with something invisible and something I still don’t fully understand myself. Generalised Anxiety Disorder.  I’m now 29 but my illness started at about the age of 21. In my third year of University, I started to dread things, I started to worry about everything I said, did and I started to question if anyone liked me. I have always been apologetic but this was different. I felt like apologising for walking into a room.  I was unable to switch off, unable to focus on my University work and I withdrew a lot socially. Life moved quite slow back then.  For me I knew this was out of character. I’ve always been fun loving and outgoing, with a smile on my face. I became confused about who I was. I dev...

 Heres a 'How to' guide to go with my how to video here :) I will discuss the 3 methods used with traditional worry beads and how these can be adapted to suit Worry Knot jewellery better. Then I will introduce a technique I am calling the Worry Knot techniques which I have tried and tested during the past few weeks that really suit the size, shape and textures of my Worry Knot Jewellery. 1. EASY The first is called easy, it is the most simple and easy thing to do with the beads, you just hold them in one palm and just listen to the sound they make as you roll them in your palm. I find this just as relieving as biting my nails. 2. QUIET METHODS You simply hold the gem in one hand and the knot in the other and separate the string out slightly The aim is to just slide the beads down the string, quietly and slowly, focussing on how slowly and quietly you can do it. I find this super calming and with my Worry Knots using smaller and lighter beads than traditio...

I wanted to share two of the main reasons worry beads in general can help you right now during this awful pandemic we find ourselves in.   Firstly, with crisis, comes a lot of anxiety and stress and although some relief comes from surrounding yourself with loved ones, zoom and board games, most of us feel a sense of loss, confusion, stress, uncertainty and grief. It also make us contemplate our own purpose in life, further exacerbating overall anxiety levels . Strong evidence suggests that at the moment people with diagnosed mental illness and anxiety disorders will be really feeling the effects of this ongoing crisis.  Worry Beads have been used for hundreds of years by the Greeks. They can be used for helping to ease stress and anxiety, distracting yourself from cravings, improve sleep and memory among other benefits. There has been a lot of mention in the media recently about worry beads and how they might be able to help people though this pandemic...

I thought I would share the full story behind worry knot and how it all came to be. Throughout my adult life, I have struggled on and off with anxiety and I am a very keen advocate for speaking up about mental health and all that goes with it. I know a lot of people out there still feel uncomfortable opening up about mental health, although there has been huge progress in the past 5 years. Amazing campaigns and organisations such as Time to Change , Mind and Rethink have really paved the way in creating real conversation and real change in recent years. Growing up in such a time where the progress in conversation mimics my personal journey is both fascinating and inspiring and I hope that one day in the future my grandchildren and their friends utter 'I'm feeling a little lost today, my anxiety has reered its ugly head' just as easily as 'I've hurt my shoulder' or 'I have a bit of a headache today'. One day this will be reailty. I am very h...