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Anyone else dealing with unjustified anxiety? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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So, I'm dealing with lots of anxiety lately. About money, the future, hitting rock bottom, whatever. But the thing is, I'm not in a position to be anxious about these things. I have a decent paying job with an unlimited contract. I have an appartment, a loving gf, I'm healthy and even if shit hits the fan, my family would happily help me.

Still, I get like panic attacks when I think about some stuff. The fear of my car breaking down, for example, makes me feel like dying, despite being able to buy a new one without problems.

My anxiety feels misplaced. When I walk to my job (because even that's a luxury I have), I walk past homeless people sleeping on porches, I walk past addicts shooting up etc. and I think ti myself: 'they are so much worse off, What do I worry about?'.

Years ago I was trapped in a life of crime with very little perspective, and even then I didn't feel anxious. Now that I have monumentally changed my life around, I worry. It makes no sense to me.

Has anyone else felt this way before? Or ar you still having issues like this? How did/do you deal with it?

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[–] Eat_Yo_Vegetables69@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anticipatory anxiety, the feeling where even trying to feel happy might cause something to go wrong? Also curious how others deal with this...

[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

The thing is, things do go wrong from time to time. I had a lot of repairs for my car in the last two months and even though it sucks having to spend money on it, it didn't end up bankrupting me in any way, nor will possible upcoming repairs do. Despite this I still feel anxious for some reason. It's as if my mind is in stuck in a loop of: 'watch out, danger, watch out, danger' without there being any danger.