Don't know what I have

I'm not sure if its stress or anxiety but I needed to get it off my chest because I feel like I have no one to talk to about this. I've tried talking to friends and family but i feel like they don't understand what's going on or if I'm not explaining myself correctly but I'm constantly feel on edge. I feel like I'm living in fear most of the time. I hate being alone, it makes me anxious thinking about being alone in public places, as if I'm unsafe. I worry about the littlest things, worry about things that are about to happen in the future. I think of a million ways things can turn out to be, different possibilities but none seem to be right. My heart is always racing for random reasons, sometimes being in new public areas and meeting new people makes me feel on edge. I wish someone would tell me what this is. I know anxiety is very common amongst people and I never considered myself to have it this bad but I don't know what else to do. I just want this feeling to go away but I don't want to take medications which also scares me. If someone can help me out, I'd appreciate it.

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Thank you for responding! Can you tell me what Cognitive behavioral therapy is?

[stephonicus in reply to Hidden]

I agree. CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) may be a good place to start. Also an anxiety workbook might be useful to understand how to use it. The gist of it is that your emotions are a result of your thoughts, so change your thoughts and your emotions will follow. Easy in theory, but hard in practice.