Pinball bouncing blindly through a maze

[Susan Jane]

I often feel I am blindly bouncing around fears. My anxiety is on overdrive and my mind is searching for solutions to every issue. I changed my drivers license today for instance, I worried about the issue for days, believing that there would be a problem and I would not be able to handle it. I went in sat down, stayed calm and the clerk asked for my ID and I paid. I spent hours on this small issue in my head.

 

[Sideways]

Chronically high anxiety makes life so damn difficult. Has this been a long term thing, or are there factors in your life recently that are likely to be contributing? Are there things you can add to empty out your stress cup a bit more??

 

[parrotthepolly]

I get moments like this too and it's so draining... Usually I know it won't be so bad in the moment I could have been completely insistent and delusional on matters that make zero sense...

 

[Susan Jane]

Chronically high anxiety makes life so damn difficult. Has this been a long term thing, or are there factors in your life recently that are likely to be contributing? Are there things you can add to empty out your stress cup a bit more??

Yes it’s a long term situation. I have been dealing with high anxiety since I was a young child. I have coping strategies. Unfortunately I have had 4 major changes since last November and my stress cup is double full. I hope once out of this episode to be back to dealing with life in a calmer manner. I am in crisis in my head right now.

 

[Susan Jane]

I get moments like this too and it's so draining... Usually I know it won't be so bad in the moment I could have been completely insistent and delusional on matters that make zero sense...

I think official business of any kind stresses me due to my childhood. I was ward of the court after my parents abandoned me. My T pointed this out and although it’s irrational at my age, it’s my experience.