I'm a bit of a chronic worrier and need to get some things off my chest. If you are in a similar situation, feel free to share your worries here!
Despite only getting 3 hours of sleep last night and being knackered at work all day, I'm now wide awake worrying about all manner of things that my brain has decided to make into huge issues.
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I met my mum on Christmas day (allowed given the tiers we were in at the time) and despite never having been much of a worrier when it comes to anything health-related, I am now concerned that I have Covid and will become severely ill. My mum has not has Covid, as far as I know, but she works with the public so there is something niggling at the back of my brain. I am in my 20s with no underlying health conditions (though a bit overweight) and I realise that statistically the chances of me becoming severely ill are small. I don't even have any symptoms except shortness of breath/feeling a bit hot and shaky/a slight cough, and these symptoms conveniently only appear when I start panicking about having Covid, so I am thinking it may all be in my head. That does not stop me panicking about it, though.
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My tumble dryer has not dried my laundry sufficiently and now I'm worrying that it might be broken. This is minor and ridiculous but I can't stop thinking about it and my brain fixates on stupid little things like this until it's solved.
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I have been getting mixed signals from work lately and despite recently being told we are going to be very busy I'm still worried about being made redundant, while also being worried about not being able to cope with being too busy.
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My partner recently tried to commit suicide because of workplace stress. He had a few subsequent episodes that I managed to reign in before they amounted to anything but I feel sick to the stomach that it might happen again because I cannot deal with it. He has had some time off but is due to go back and I am worried about all the what ifs. He has tried to get other jobs but being rejected from them has caused him to spiral so I don't see a way out of this situation.
Not really sure what I want to get out of this - just somewhere to vent, I guess, as I have nobody in real life to talk to. I have no close friends and my parents would not understand as they are of the opinion that being stressed/depressed/whatever is a choice. I realise that my worries (particularly the stupid tumble dryer one) pale in comparison to what many people are going through at the moment but I just needed to get it all off my chest.