To feel like I need to rush everything

[PipperPop]

I can't shake this feeling of needing to rush my life. I feel so frustrated and on edge that I don't have children yet (this is the main one), not married, don't own a house etc...

I get a sense of panic feeling like I'm running out of time when in reality I'm not (I'm 25).

I do suffer from anxiety so I suspect this is the cause but I can't just seem to slow down and enjoy my life.

It sounds like anxiety. Have you ever tried meditation? Maybe that could help?

Definitely sounds like anxiety, you've got plenty of time for those things. At 24 I got made redundant had to live with my parents and was single, I felt pretty badly about my life. At 25 I completely changed career and had to start at s more junior level, bought my first one flat (tiny one bed) and started dating DH around the same time. Bought our guest proper family home at 32, didn't get married until 33 and had DS at 34. Are you using any medication, or doing CBT?

Thanks, I've not tried any mediation or counselling. I did refer myself a couple of months ago but they haven't come back to me yet.

Re talking to mothers of newborns, I can see the point but (sorry if this counts as a drip feed) but a lot of my anxiety problems were triggered by pregnancy loss so I'm not sure how much that would help. I did have spells like this before the loss but its certainly made things worse.

At 25 you're still a baby yourself. Plenty of time to sort out the house, and plenty of time for dc. A friend of mine had her first at 36; he's a year old and now she's expecting another one! Take it easy OP. It's not a race.