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Does anyone else on here ever just feel anxious and worry about things all the

Posted: May 6, 2013

time like things that could happen etc. No clue why I do this but would like to break the cycle. Dont know if it is this job or what but it is tiring.

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Of course, everyday... - sm

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I worry incessantly about everything. I know I have an anxiety disorder, though, and that this job is a major contributor to that. I start classes soon to learn coding, and it does make me feel better that I have a plan to hopefully change some things for the better in my life, but even that brings with it some amount of anxiety. You're definitely not alone. I find that distracting myself with things that I enjoy helps, also exercise, and doing sort of a daily "inventory" on how fortunate I am for many reasons also helps.

That was me years ago but now - PR

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my living situation is greatly improved and that alone perhaps has changed me. My mother used to ask me why worry, does not help any. So true but I told her how do you keep from worrying. I used to have to work almost 24/7 in order to live, buy food, pay for housing, etc. and worry was my second name. I got remarried about 10+ years ago and now this husband helps me out instead of me doing it all, kids are grown and just not as much pressure. Perhaps with time things will smooth out and the worry will flee.

yes, I do and it is driving me nuts - cant stand it anymore

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I seriously stress, worry, or have anxiety attacks over everything lately. Everything! I could not even enjoy my birthday. Got a smart phone from my daughter and I freaked out telling her to take it back, that I cant afford it, wouldnt know how to use it, cried and cried, and she just said Im sorry and left. What is wrong with me? I need to fix this somehow (no drugs as that freaks me out more!).

Me too. I worry mostly about what ifs and stupid stuff all the time. - PAMT

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Maybe this happens as we get older I dont know.

what if - OHMT

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When I was a child, I used to start many sentences with "What if.... ?" I guess it's the equivalent of the "why" stage kids go through. My mom even teased me about it, and called me Whatif... all one word. The funny thing is, when I became an adult, it was ME always trying to tell my mom not to worry about stuff. I've heard that 90% of what you worry about doesn't happen anyway.

But here's what I would do. Okay, so you have a question... what if such-and-such happens? Okay, walk through it, the whole thing, worst case scenario. Don't stop there. NOW think of a plan of action. What would you do if it actually happened? How would you solve the problem? I think once you realize there's an actual solution, then you can just let it go.

I'm reading an interesting book right now that talks about how we manifest the things we think about. So instead of thinking about what you don't want to happen, think about what you DO want to happen. Picture it in your mind as if it's already a reality. Then (according to the book) things will start to happen that will bring you closer to your goal. I'm about to start trying this myself & see how well it works. But I think it will, because before I read this book, I thought about what my perfect job would be like, I imagined doing it, and now I have it, exactly what I was wanting.

I hope you find peace and happiness in your life. Take care!

I feel like worrying is like praying for - something you don't want to happen...sm

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Ernest Hemmingway once said...
"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not worry. Worry never fixes anything." I really do think you need to make a conscious decision to let it go.

Worry - GrateMT

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If you are able to manage to pay for counseling, I would do that if I were you. A counselor could have very helpful suggestions. If you truly have an anxiety disorder, there are things you can do that would be helpful. A counselor told me once that a standard thing he tells people is to pick a small problem and then worry about that, giving me the impression that you are kind of programmed to worry, so why not control your worry. Now I just recognize what I am doing and kind of go with it, but try not to take it too seriously, knowing that "this too shall pass." I catch myself sweating the small stuff constantly, waiting until my day off to relax and then fretting because I do not feel like cleaning the bathroom and then not cleaning the bathroom and then feeling guilty because I did not clean the bathroom, and on and on. I mean, come on, if this is all there is to worry about, life is really pretty good, right?! As long as I have the intellect to recognize this, I try not to be so hard on myself and try to enjoy my day off. Pretty soon, something else will come along to worry about...

I worry constantly that my husband feels I'm not - the woman he married. :(

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I think about it all the time--it's awful. When we first came together, I was under a LOT of stress and my life had just fallen apart--but my husband fell in love with me because he said he loved how I never let it get to me. I was too in love with life to let the hard times damper my spirits.

I feel now that I'm not as carefree anymore. I'm not as strong as I used to be. I wonder now what my husband may love about me, now that I am a different person. :( It truly breaks my heart. He is such a good man, and I want him to feel his wife is his sunshine!

awe... that is cute - love that

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Just tell him exactly that!!!

I am sure you are not only his sunshine, but his entire universe!

Yes, I worry myself sick about money every single day. - From sunup to sundown. Tired of it. nm

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