doglover23
03-30-2016, 09:04 AM
I'm not sure what exactly I want to get out of this post, I guess just some advice or responses that can make me feel more normal or like I'm not going crazy... I am 20 years old and I have been dealing with anxiety for a few years now. For as long as I can remember I have worried about everything: death, illness, what people think of me, my grades, my family, my friends, if I left the oven on, if I locked my car... the list goes on and on, but the worrying and anxious obsessive thoughts got debilitating a few years back.
I am a hard-wired negative thinker, which I think leads to overwhelming feelings of sadness on a daily basis. From the second I wake up, negative thoughts automatically flood my brain (i.e. Today sucks, something bad will happen today) and just general feelings of anxiety and worry set in. I have gone to therapy two different times now, once a year ago which I got very little out of. I am now seeing a different therapist, who I feel is helping me but I still have really, really bad days.
The negative thoughts are hard, but the hardest part I would say are my irrational obsessive thoughts. My mind comes up with an irrational thought on pretty much a daily basis which cause me a lot of fear and anxiety. My mind then attaches to these thoughts and obsesses over that thing and replays it in my head 100 times a day.
The worst part is that my mind tells me that it is not the anxiety that is causing these thoughts, but they are real true things that I should be fearful of and that they are going to happen...
I cant figure out how to help myself. I want to know if anyone can relate, what they have done to calm their irrational thoughts, and if they have overcome these things. I am considering medication so any advice on that would also help. Please, any response or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all!
I am a hard-wired negative thinker, which I think leads to overwhelming feelings of sadness on a daily basis. From the second I wake up, negative thoughts automatically flood my brain (i.e. Today sucks, something bad will happen today) and just general feelings of anxiety and worry set in. I have gone to therapy two different times now, once a year ago which I got very little out of. I am now seeing a different therapist, who I feel is helping me but I still have really, really bad days.
The negative thoughts are hard, but the hardest part I would say are my irrational obsessive thoughts. My mind comes up with an irrational thought on pretty much a daily basis which cause me a lot of fear and anxiety. My mind then attaches to these thoughts and obsesses over that thing and replays it in my head 100 times a day.
The worst part is that my mind tells me that it is not the anxiety that is causing these thoughts, but they are real true things that I should be fearful of and that they are going to happen...
I cant figure out how to help myself. I want to know if anyone can relate, what they have done to calm their irrational thoughts, and if they have overcome these things. I am considering medication so any advice on that would also help. Please, any response or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all!