Thank you for looking at my thread ...
I have started to become very anxious about certain things and at an increasing rate. I have had several stressful life events to deal with which may have taken their toll and so some of the anxiety I feel can be traced back to that e.g. a neighbour dispute has made me very anxious about anything to do with houses.
However, now I feel the anxiety is becoming more generalised e.g. it is creeping into other areas of my life. So, as an example, someone overseas owed me a refund and needed a copy of my bank account and passport to make the refund. It took a little longer than expected for the money to come back, meanwhile I was fretting that my ID had been stolen, started to get copies of my credit reports, changed all my passwords etc. The money has been returned now and that is well but it is a symptom of what I am feeling.
I feel that when I am worried about something, my mind circles and when I convince myself something is OK about my thought process and that I am just being silly, my mind just continues and tells me 'but did you think about that issue' and then so it continues. Like a hamster wheel I can't get off and always fearing the worst and researching too much on the Internet.
This last week I have hardly been sleeping or eating and I know that for many years, I rely a little much on wine in the evenings to help me relax.
What should I do? Do I need to see a doctor?