"WHAT IF?" ANXIETY....

[yatta07]

Does anyone suffer from the "What If" thinking anxiety? I can't seem to shake this one...I can be watching the news and if someone was killed or hurt (especially if young in age) under whatever circumstances, it scares me to DEATH....I immediately began thinking, what if that was me? what if I'm next to die? what if I'm here today but gone tomorrow?

This may sound silly but, when my family plan trips or party's a year or even a month from now, I stay out of the plans, telling myself that "I will not be hear that long to celebrate or travel with them"...and of course when the time comes, I'm the only one without a ticket or prepared because I thought that I was not going to be living thus far. It's so crazy! Does anyone else experience these thoughts or even similar? Why does anxiety cause such horrific mental thinking? Thanks everyone!

[kris4013]

yes i absolutely have this health anxiety, i have even had to quit watching shows like greys anatomy because i think i have everything they have and the worst part, i am an RN and it has put a strain on working because all the patients i take care of i automatically think i have the same thing! it is an awful feeling!!!

[onkarb]

i get the same feeling every night as well especially when my family talks bout imprtant family functions

[crabby70]

I have this...it drives me mad....I get it when I am laying in bed trying to sleep...I try to keep my mind busy on other things...

[titansfan614]

I know 1000000000 % what you're talking about. I have extreme anxiety problems and today I was thinking wow this school year is going by extremely fast. I absolutely hate the high school that I'm at. I hate everything about it, the work load, the teachers, the kids, the fact that it's an all guy's school, so naturally summer is the absolute best 3 months of my year. I was thinking today, soon enough and it'll be my last day of school and all of this **** will be over, and then I thought to myself, but it ***** that I probably won't be here to enjoy the summer. I know what you're talking about completely.