Anxiety

Don't panic............ok PANIC!

what triggers your anxiety?

and what worries you most about your your future?
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    McNamara

    My triggers for anxiety include but are not limited to ..........

    • Feeling overwhelmed about money
    • Worrying about work
    • The thought that someone is judging me or speaking badly of me
    • When I think I've said something I shouldn't
    • When I feel I haven't worked hard enough (even though my boss thinks my work is stellar most of the time and tells me so)
    • Worrying about my daydreaming
    • Worrying about being mentally ill (go figure!)
    • Not getting enough sleep
    • Any new situation I can't plan for
    • Any social sitation
    • Taking part in an important meeting and feeling I'm not going to sound knowledgeable
    • Violent films or TV programmes, sad or worrying news on TV, radio or the press
    • Body issues
    • I could go on.......................!
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      Mira

      Ditto. Especially about the sleep- when I have too many days of insomnia, my exhaustion is made worse by my own desperate frustration and anxiety. Once I start worrying about insomnia, the insomnia gets worse. 

      I'm very, very, VERY self-conscious about EVERYTHING that I do. How I look, how I talk, how I move, what I'm doing with my hands or how my hair looks at any given moment. I even sleep better when I'm alone in bed, because I think on some level I'm self-conscious about falling asleep with another person there. I can't seem to do much of anything un-self-consciously. I'm always worried that I'm annoying or inconveniencing those around me. 

      When I find out a person is at all judgmental, I become easily paranoid that they're judging ME, and that they must hate me. Even if there's absolutely no indication of it whatsoever. Judgmental people kind of make my life a living hell, without really meaning to.

      McNamara said:

      My triggers for anxiety include but are not limited to ..........

      • Feeling overwhelmed about money
      • Worrying about work
      • The thought that someone is judging me or speaking badly of me
      • When I think I've said something I shouldn't
      • When I feel I haven't worked hard enough (even though my boss thinks my work is stellar most of the time and tells me so)
      • Worrying about my daydreaming
      • Worrying about being mentally ill (go figure!)
      • Not getting enough sleep
      • Any new situation I can't plan for
      • Any social sitation
      • Taking part in an important meeting and feeling I'm not going to sound knowledgeable
      • Violent films or TV programmes, sad or worrying news on TV, radio or the press
      • Body issues
      • I could go on.......................!
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        Amy Buttz

        Anything I can't do myself tends to trigger anxiety.  Lack of sleep realy does it.  I am not totally sure what else, I don't pay much attention to what starts it up, I pay more attention to making it go away.