Hello E-man, I read your post and I must say that anxiety does have a way of affecting every aspect of one's life. It almost seems like it finds a way to work itself into every little thing you do or every thing going on in your life at that specific moment. It is truly amazing how universal this disease is. One thing that helped me was "letting go". I know it is very hard for us to do, anxiety sufferers mostly suffer from it due to their inability to let go but think of anxiety as this huge rock in the way of your path in life, arm yourself with a chisel, even if its the smallest chisel you have ever seen, and start slowly but surely chipping away at the rock. Chip, chip, chip until the rock is merely a stone. I hope you had a happy holiday season!