Excessive worrying, rushing and general up-tightness

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...that is what I've got. I don't think it is as bad as 'anxiety' because I don't have panic attacks, but it is still a problem for me.

Whatever the children are doing, I visualise the worst things that could happen and can't get them out of my head and then feel that these things are LIKELY to happen and then I'm really tense and more likely to shout at them and try to overcontrol them.

I feel like I'm always rushing and find it hard to slow down and actually enjoy what I'm doing. Because I feel I need to rush, when the children mess about in a normal way that children do, I get angry with them for slowing us down.

I always feel like I haven't done all the things I need to do and that something I've forgotten to do will have a bad consequence. I can't leave the house or do anything until I feel I'm totally prepared but I 'over-prepare' IYKWIM. Eg I pack a load of things to take out with me which I might need but hardly ever do.

These things make me moody and irritable and stop me enjoying what I'm doing. My worries also stop me from doing things I would enjoy. I worry too much about all the details to even start it.

I think I might have posted about all this before, I'm feeling a bit of deja-vu! I don't think I got much response if I did.

Does anyone else feel like this?

Has anyone read any books/webpages which have helped?

Does anyone have any reassuring thoughts which they use to stop them worrying excessively?

You don't have to have panic attacks to have anxiety, and on the face of it it sounds as if you are becoming anxious. Anxiety can also be linked to depression, so wonder if you're feeling more than a bit down atm? Have you tried any relaxation techniques, or been to your GP? I'm in the process of setting up a Patient Information Prescription for people presenting with mild to moderate depression and anxiety in the NHS region I work for. There may be something similar in your area that your GP could refer you to.

I used to have depression but I feel a lot better now, not down at all, but the anxiety remains. I just ordered a herbal remedy from the web, called Relora, has anyone heard of it?

Oh I have exactly the same thing. I feel constantly churned up inside, rushing everywhere...I hate it.

I have been diagnosed with quite severe anxiety as it got to the point where I couldn't do anything at all, as everything was overwhelming me.

I agree that anxiety doesn't always mean panic attacks. I don't ever have them, but i do have anxiety....

Oh I feel exactly the same. Having a bad day today. DP is the opposite and is relaxed to the point of being comatose! He just doesn't understand and always tells me to relax and to empty my head of worries but I just can't do it. Are there things GPs can do to help?