How do you define worry?

I'm a chronic worrier Not as chronic as I used to be thanks to a lot of hard work but sometimes I can feel the worry and doubt creeping up on me. Like a vine that snakes it's way around a tree, over time covering it completely up.

There are so many types of worry. Worry about work; worry about projects; worry about people's opinions; worry about other people's feelings; worry about money; worry, worry, worry.

But my question is have you ever tried to define worry? I've been defining it for years and never knew it.

As a kid (and admittedly sometimes as an adult), I would try to control the future. WITH MY MIND. I know. I'm awesome. Or crazy. Probably a little bit of both.

But I had a theory that if I could think of every possible terrible outcome of every event before me, it would not happen. Because my thinking held that much power. If I thought it, it would not happen.  It just couldn't.

I never considered that this was worrying. I thought it was preventative. Guarding myself so I wasn't surprised by any outcome. But I was wrong.

Isn't this exactly what worry is? Isn't worry trying to exert control over something that you have no control over whatsoever? Either through your actions or your thoughts, worry is faking control.

For a type-A personality like myself with lists for my lists, not having control is hard. But worrying is worse.

So my question for the universe is how do you define worry? And do you even know when you're doing it? Or have you rationalized it away?

Or are you awesome like me and think you control things with your mind?