The Anxiety Thread

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  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    I woke up filled with anxiety today,
    good mood? bad mood?
    how do I feel today?
    what do I have to do today?
    don’t forget to pay those bills.
    don’t forget babysitting this afternoon.
    why is my stomach aching?

    Why do I let my brain do this to me?
    Life is good,,,,,, take a breath......
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    There's way to many to list

    Public washroom
    People in authority
    My dating life the lack of it
    Speaking to people
    Talking about myself

    There's plenty more that other's have listed

    Driving
    Public speaking
    Being late

    And so on.
    I don't do well with change it just messes me up
  • CCgal2018
    CCgal2018 Posts: 64 Member
    Highway merge lane
    Grocery shopping when it’s busy
    Walking through the mall
    Talking on the phone to a real person
    Going to the doctor
    Doing taxes
    Giving any advice on MFP forums
    Adulting in general
  • michael1976_ca
    michael1976_ca Posts: 3,488 Member
    I use to see a nurse type therapist he would take me out to challenge what my head was thinking. I was way worse back then. I couldn't go shopping. I refused to eat out.
    I guess he taught me something like if you don't try how will you ever know what could happen. Does this mean i could talk to the opposite sex hell no. I'll grow old alone
  • Layzee85
    Layzee85 Posts: 2 Member
    I struggle with anxiety. Hard to sleep. Sometimes when people talk with me it’s hard for me to retain the information cause my mind is constantly over thinking and worrying
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Anxiety ?

    ... maybe only college football games, but that's the fun kind of anxiety.

    Sometimes I've thought: "What's the worst thing that could happen?"

    Then that thing actually happens, or worse.... then guess what? I've fine & nobody cares one way or the other.


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  • s1ssysdk
    s1ssysdk Posts: 6 Member
    My anxiety is all over the place. One day the dog barking can send me into a panic, the next it can be the TV being to loud. Life triggers my anxiety... it's my niche... I'm the hot mess!
  • lyraalice00
    lyraalice00 Posts: 3 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    What kinds of things make you anxious? They can be big or small, we’re using the word anxiety to encompass anything and everything that makes you nervous or fearful or uneasy.

    Side note: anxiety and associated disorders are not funny. However, we are adults and we poke fun at most everything so let’s not devolve into a serious discussion about how certain posts diminish real anxiety sufferers. We aren’t competing for who suffers the most here, just making conversation.

    Eating makes anxious, no matter how much of little calories it contains,
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  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
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    Oh, I love this so much!!
  • Chael2dot0
    Chael2dot0 Posts: 1,189 Member
    Something to stress about today...

    Did you leave the oven on? Lights on? Some water running? And remember you have something stressful coming up three months from now, so make sure to obsess over it now a WHOOOOOLE bunch!

    Cheers.
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    I avoid drive-thru automatic car washes, they give me anxiety
  • lililomo2
    lililomo2 Posts: 250 Member
    1. being late.
    2. getting dressed to go out to any kind of an evening out/event. the outfits i try on and take off over and over.
    which leads me to being late. which then makes me anxious.
    3. when i actually DO my stupid curly hair (instead of putting it back in a headband all the time)
    and it doesn't turn out - well - combine that with the outfits for a night out....
    *kitten* - no wonder i'd rather not bother
  • kindalikevelma
    kindalikevelma Posts: 1,337 Member
    tinkerhellraiser wrote: »
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    I can feel my heart rate increasing.

    *scrolls away*
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,890 Member
    I get nervous in night clubs. That's why I rarely even go to them...or do I get nervous because I don't go enough? Either way, they're a waste of money.
  • kindalikevelma
    kindalikevelma Posts: 1,337 Member
    amorfati601070 wrote: »
    I get nervous in night clubs. That's why I rarely even go to them...or do I get nervous because I don't go enough? Either way, they're a waste of money.

    I’ve never been to one. The idea alone gives me anxiety.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    honeybee__12 wrote: »
    I avoid drive-thru automatic car washes, they give me anxiety

    next time, just raise your convertible's top.
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  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    honeybee__12 wrote: »
    I avoid drive-thru automatic car washes, they give me anxiety

    next time, just raise your convertible's top.

    Funny!
    Are you implying something mister?
    :D
  • danavelling
    danavelling Posts: 1,224 Member
    Crowds...hands down the worst
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    The double drive thru lanes at Mcdonald's.
    Brings out my competitiveness but gives me anxiety too.
  • cdlee4
    cdlee4 Posts: 507 Member
    honeybee__12 wrote: »
    The double drive thru lanes at Mcdonald's.
    Brings out my competitiveness but gives me anxiety too.

    Worker: "So, i have a double cheeseburger, fries, medi...."
    Me: "THERE'S NO TIME! *punches gas to accelerate 10 feet to ensure i get my spot in line before the car ordering at the other drive thru lane"
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    @cdlee4
    Yes!!!!!!!!! :D
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    Crowds, especially when lots of people are talking, I feel like I can equally hear all the conversations.
    Sensory overload.
    I have to close my eyes to try to get away.
    Right now.
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    Crowds use to freak me out back when I was heavy... But these days I kinda like being in a crowd, or a sea of people...

    But crowded parking lots suck *kitten*... Especially in the bay area
  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,867 Member
    Used to have panic attacks in large crowds when I was younger. The kind where your throat was closing. Learned to really detach from that, to start looking at people as just.. Moving obstacles. My way of coping is apparently not to look at people on the street, headphones in. I'm so used to the crowds now it's like navigating the same field of debris every morning.

    Also I suck at remembering people's names when they introduce themselves because I am so focused on shaking hands properly and making eye contact and saying my name clearly, that my mind sorta doesn't even find place to store their names in all that.
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