Catastrophize everything

[whosthatgirl84]

Does anyone have any experience of anxiety - in particular catastrophising everything? Thinking the worst is going to happen in any given situation and driving yourself around the bend with it

Yep. It's exhausting. CBT has helped a lot.

Yes, I am going through it now. I have had a few awful things happen in the past 8 months - bereavement/bad news, poor health etc. And the doctor said it has caught up with me. I am in a perpetual state of anxiety and have been in the past two weeks. I have started therapy and am on valium until I can see my GP tomorrow - he is going to discuss anti depressant meds.

I hear you - because at the moment I feel permanently on edge thinking the worst, it's exhausting. I feel like I will never get back to me again.

Hugs to you, I know I dont know you but I know exactly what you mean.

Yes at this stage now. It's crippling me to even do normal day to day tasks.

Yes. My entire life feels like the first five minutes of an episode of 'Casualty' - I'm constantly waiting for something awful to happen. I've been like this for as long as I can remember and I hate it, but I'm too paralysed to do anything about it.

This is why I'm on long-term antidepressants. Changed my life.