I Have Anxiety

I’ve been doing better lately. But I still worry that the anxious feelings will come back.

Part of my problem is that I have an obsessive mind. Whatever is the most important priority to me is what I’m going to focus on, with a laser focus. I’m going to obsess, ruminate, overthink, and neglect other important parts of my life.

I think obsession leads to anxiety. No matter how much I obsess about something, there’s a limit to what I can do to resolve the situation. I have so much trouble letting go, once I’ve done everything I *can* do.

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xixgun · M

I have a similar condition (which I can trace back to "conditioning" as a child).
If my wife says, "This needs to go here. We need to clean up this room. You need to go through..."
I act as though it means immediately. It doesn't matter if I'm making supper, we're about to walk out the door, whatever. "I must do it RIGHT NOW".

And as I say, I can trace this back to my childhood. Dad said, "move", he meant right God damned now.