Worried about the future? Turn the lights on and actually look at it. Most scary shapes are just coats on a chair.

Dread thrives on distance. From far away the future is an outline, and outlines can be anything, so the mind fills them with the worst available content. Looking directly at the thing usually shrinks it, because actual details are specific and specific things can be dealt with one at a time.

Take the worry that has been humming in the background and spend twenty minutes finding out what is really true about it. Check the dates, the numbers, the requirements. Some of what you find will be unwelcome, and even that is easier to carry than the shape in the dark.