Reasons for anxiety...

1. I have to go pick up a new Internet modem from the cable company (I've put it off for 2 weeks now).
2. I have to disconnect from the Internet.
3. I have to trust the new modem will work when I reconnect everything.

None of these are reasons for anxiety and don't really require doing anything I am not capable of doing. So, why do I feel anxious?

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Xuan12 · 31-35, M

Basic fear of the unforeseen. "What if there's a complication?" "What if the people at the cable company are hateful and mean?" "What if the internet doesn't work for weeks?"

All minute possibilities, but their emotional weight is magnified beyond their likelihood or severity.

MarkPaul · 26-30, M

@Xuan12 Yeah. That's it mostly.

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

@MarkPaul Even if those things do happen, you'll be alright. :)