The Worry Drawer is a gentle interactive emotional first-aid tool where you can write down worries, fold them into paper notes and place them inside a realistic wooden cabinet. Return to your worries when you feel ready, explore what is within your control and decide what needs attention, support or more time.
AN INTERACTIVE EMOTIONAL FIRST-AID TOOL
The Worry Drawer
A place to fold away the worries you cannot carry right now.
You can return to them when you have more room, more time,
or someone to help you.
I am not ignoring this worry. I am giving myself permission to put it down for now.
SPACE TO BREATHE THERAPY
Welcome to your Worry Drawer
Some worries need attention. Some need support.
And some are simply too much to think about right now.
This cabinet gives you a place to set a worry down
without having to solve it today.
Select a drawer to open it and see the worries inside.
You decide when to open a drawer.
You can keep a worry here for a little while,
return to it later, or recognise that you need somebody
to help you work through it.
There is no deadline and no expectation to solve everything.
Remember:
Putting a worry into a drawer is a temporary way to manage
emotional overload. If something needs urgent attention,
particularly a safety concern, seek appropriate help rather
than putting it aside.
STEP 1 · NAME IT
What is on your mind?
You do not need to explain everything. A few words are enough.
This is your space.
STEP 2 · FOLD THE WORRY
Put your worry onto paper
Your worry will appear here.
For another time
STEP 3 · CHOOSE A DRAWER
Where would you like to put it?
Choose the drawer that feels right. You can move your worry later.
A message to myself
I have acknowledged this. I am allowed to leave it here for now.
Inside my drawers
Choose a drawer to see the notes you have stored.
You can reopen, move or remove them whenever you wish.
When I'm ready to look again
You do not have to open every worry.
Choose one that feels manageable, or return another day.
Select a note from your drawers to gently revisit it.
MY FOLDED NOTE
What I wanted to remember
What would help me with this worry?
You can choose one question or leave everything blank.
There is no need to finish.
What would you like to do now?
Move this note
Change or remove this worry
I can give this worry attention without allowing it to take over everything.
