Stupid reasons for anxiety.

[GreenHairDontCare]

I have many.

Today, Ds (5) wanted to walk the 'long way' home from school. This involves walking across a very high bridge, with a 40mph road one side and a five foot fence before a massive massive drop.

We've walked it before (it's literally 50 yards, not even, along this bit) and every single time I feel sick and get the fanny grips. I grab on to his hand crazily tight and have to concentrate on my breathing until we're across.

I know logically it's completely safe, but my brain doesn't do logic when it's anxious.

I also get this when I go out for my last ciggy of the night. We live semi rurally and it is dark dark dark, even with the kitchen light left on. It's the quickest fag I ever smoke. God knows what I think is going to get me in my enclosed garden.

Tell me your irrational anxieties to make me feel better, please.

I have walked every day for the last three years the same journey to work (which involves a spot that has had some car crashes due to the way the road is) and not felt anxious and walked to and from work with my earphones in. I now have a newly born nephew I have yet to meet and I suddenly feel anxious that something will happen before I get the chance so the last few days walking the journey I have not been listening to music and been praying that a car doesn't crash whilst I'm walking. I am so relieved when I get home. I am not anxious by nature at all and don't know where this feeling has come from but it's really affected me.