Anxious and overthinking 😔

[levymaria]

I've been dealing with my anxiety for over 10 months, I should know better than to let it affect me like this. I have so many interviews coming up and I can't afford to have my anxiety slow me down. I can't help but feel as though something is wrong with me this time around. I just wish my mind could stop thinking the worst, I know I am not alone in this. It's so hard when you're feeling it throughout your body and you have no one physically around you that can understand what you're going through. I know one day I'll be free, I just want that day to be here.

[Clarebear86]

Don’t we all.

[Ashlan]

I shared this with someone else. When I was originally dealing with anxiety, it was related to my exams I had to pass for professional school. My therapist at the time gave me a simple assignment. When I started to feel anxious, instead of letting it go and snowballing, ask myself if it was normal to be anxious in that situation. Example: board exam to become licensed? Yeah, you should be a little nervous! Job interview? Yeah you're inhuman if you aren't a little nervous! Try to catch yourself early on in the feelings of anxiety and decide if it's normal anxiety or if it's your mind taking over. Does this make sense?

[levymaria in reply to Ashlan]

I think so... I guess I’m just panicking and making myself think that it’s something that it’s not