AIBU to feel permanently worried about things most of the time?

@LooneyLiberalSpaceWaster

you are permanently worried?

I would say it is fine to be mildly concerned about stuff on the news that you can do nothing about. But not worried or anxious.

As the prayer says: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.

Yes, having no-one to talk to may fuel excess worrying.

And very very open with you about her finances it would seem

In short, being exposed to so much news, causes anxiety.

I hear you OP. I keep trying to tell myself that what I am worrying about is so insignificant compared to the terrible things that some people in this world have to go through.
But there I am lying in bed at night, worrying that I told the builders put the mirror on the wall 10cm too far to the left. And now they've drilled into the new tiles so it can't be changed.
Why can't I stop.

I don't think it is strange to be permanently worried under the conditions in which we now all live, with ongoing genocide(s) threat of war, cost of living, impending economic collapse, almost certain climate catastrophe, rising unemployment, spiralling private and public debt, narratives around cuts to social welfare at a time when many of us are just a few months away from ever having to claim help, and a failing health system. I think it's entirely rational to be worried. I think that once you also factor in the way in which most of us no longer live in supportive communities, and the increasing gap between those who have and those who don't and the gap between objective real relations and our own subjectivities mean an awful lot of people have no one to share their thoughts or worries with.

You think. But no. She has inherited. She doesn’t have mortgages or debt. She has a huge pension plan and has inherited sizeable savings!

Her financial outgoing will be eye watering, and her responsibilities. The consequences of not having money would be catastrophic

Oh I have a friend like this. What a black hole to fall into. She owns two houses, has two incomes of a decent rate coming in, and buys expensive gin, goes on holiday three times a year, buys expensive clothes to pop to Waitrose in, and is terrified of not having enough money.
if your wiring has gone wrong like this, get to the GP and ask for medication. It defies all reason.

I enjoy my life, my family and friends, and am happy on the whole, but I do unfortunately approach things feeling as though life is a series of hurdles to be got over, so I am also quite worried a lot of the time. I put it down to my slightly dysfunctional childhood, unhappy parents and growing up in somewhat straitened circumstances. Life was always a worry, from my very earliest memories, and no doubt before, and I’ve never quite been able to shake it off.
Where do you think your worry stems from, op?

Do you have children?