Are you a worrier?

[Marseeya]

Do you tend to worry about things, or are you able to let problems slide off your back? Do you worry about family members when they're not home? Do you worry about bad things happening to your loved ones?

I am such a worrier and it borders on anxiety and panic attacks. I hate being like this!

And a little mini-vent that brought on my line of questioning: Why, oh why, can't my DH call me when he's going to be late from work or church? Why can't he remember to turn on his cell phone/remember to take his cell phone with him? He knows I have this problem, but he never changes anything about it. What do I have to do to get him to be more considerate? I'd never dream of letting someone wonder where I am or if I'm okay.

Anyway, are you like this?

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I am a worrier too.

It's not a headache, it's a brain tumor. DS isn't just late from school, he must have been in an accident. We used to call this straight to dead.

I need to go to WA -- Worriers Anonymous.

 

[PixiePop]

I do the same thing....I think I need to sign up for WA too.

 

[jenks0718]

I have gotten like this and I dont like how it makes me feel. I lay in bed at night and sometimes I actually gasp out loud because I think something awful in my head that I am afraid may happen. I used to be so carefree and spontaneous and now I am a big worry wort. "Dont drive so fast dh!" "Sit back from the TV kids it may fall over on top of you" "I just know I have something wrong with me"

I wonder why I got like this. Maybe since I had kids? Who knows.

 

[hlane]

I am the same way. My doctor started me on Zoloft because of it but so far it's not helping that much. I always think the worst and get myself all worked up about the smallest things that end up being nothing and I have a very vivid imagination which makes it even worse.

 

[ilovepcot]

Definitely a worrier here. And it's never about things that are important or really matter. I come to an almost "dead calm" when things are horrible and can function efficiently at breakneck speed. (One of the reasons I was so good in the ER, I suppose.) But let a few little things begin to eat away at me and my ulcer will have me bent double and even bleed if things are allowed to get out of control. (Right now I'm worried about what to prepare the Tag Fairy for Sunday dinner.)

 

[Mercy]

Ok, where do I sign up for WA

I am the Queen of Worry and Stress! I worry about the usual, kids when they are home late, or when I can't reach them on their cell phones....

But a quick story... My DS15 is trying out for baseball at his high school, now baseball is VERY important to him and I SO want him to make the team. So anyway, they have been having tryouts for the past week or so, and I am such a wreck worrying if he's going to make the team. So, yesterday, for some reason I was exceptional stressed about it, the waiting and wondering. I had to go pick him up from the practice because DH couldn't. So I'm waiting in the parking lot for him, feeling more and more anxious... he comes to the car, gets in... I ask him how practice went, but as he starts to tell me, I BURST INTO TEARS!! It was like all this pent up anxiety came bursting out!

My DS is like "MOM... calm down, it's ok!!!" All the while I'm trying to drive out of the parking lot of school. I can't see, so I pull over to the side just to have one of the other students see all this, and he is looking at my DS like WHOA!! Dude!

So anyway.... PLEASE SIGN ME UP!!! Hello, My name is Mercy and I am an excessive worrier!!

 

[dvcfamily41801]

All the time.

 

[momsgonwild]

My DH says I worry about what to worry about next. I really am trying to reform.

 

[foxfire]

I can be. I think it's partly due to genetics cause my mom and her mom are/were world class worriers. I'm not as bad as my mom but I do worry more than I should, I guess.

 

[Robinrs]

No, I can honestly say I'm not.

I grew up with two MAJOR worriers, my Mother and sister, and my Dad, who fretted about NOTHING. I was always amazed by my Dad, he let EVERYTHING roll off his shoulders. I remember asking him how he does it and he told me "Keep on Living..."

I found out my Dad had a secret, one that I learned in my 30s. His lack of worry was a reliance on FAITH.

It took me years but now, 2 years almost to the day I lost that amazing man, I can honestly say I understand why it is useless to worry about anything.

I am so glad I found out.

 

[Luvthisstuff]

Yes...no....maybe....sometimes....I dunno. I'm worried I'll give the wrong answer to this question.

 

[SunFloridaDisney]

I do worry, but I've actually gotten better as I've gotten older, and I guess as my kids have gotten older.

My DS 16, got his driver's license today, and I actually sent him to pick up his little sister from Girl Scouts. Then he did an errand and went to the store all alone, and I didn't stress about it while he was gone (he called from the parking lot to let me know he was ok! )

Maybe I'm mellowing with age???

 

[princess pooh]

I'm a worrier but not as bad as others in my family. I come from a long line of worriers . I'm trying to do something about it though before it gets too bad.

 

[Azure]

I do tend to get worried alot but that's only if i'm hiding something from my parents. Which is'nt any surprise to all you parents. Kids hiding things, telling lies. Yep, i've done it all.


Azure

 

[Marseeya]

I am so glad I'm not the only one!

I'm about ready to go out of my mind right now. DH better have a really good reason for putting me through all this because I'm going crazy. He's officially an hour and a half late.

 

[4nana]

When I was younger I stressed over anything and everything....especially our 4 children...what, when, how and why. Then, it really began to take it's toll physically, and I realized I simply needed to get a grip and that no matter how much I worried, sadly it would not change the situation.

Not that I don't have my moments, but for my own health and sanity, I truly believe in practing the power of faith and patience, praying and putting it in the higher powers hands. Believe me, it has gotten me through many bumps in life and set a much better example.

My Mom and DH are perfect examples, they have the patience of angels and faith of saints.

to all and Godspeed ^i^

 

[mickeysgal]

Oh yes, I am a supreme worrier. I come from a family that has this down to a science. I once took out a book on anxiety at the library. I literally started to worry about getting it returned on time so that they wouldn't have to call me and ask for the anxiety book back. No kidding...

 

[Blueeyes101817]

i am such a worrier..my mom always tells me ill have gray hair by the time im 25--its horrible!

 

[buddy&wooz]

I used to be a worrier, but some things happened... they made me realize how much worrying only hurts (me- stress) and never helps. Bad things happen- and they're never the bad things you were worried about. I didn't choose to stop worrying, I just one day realized I wasn't anymore!

But I think it's rude of your husband not to let you know when he'll be late, that's just common courtesy. Especially if he knows you'll be concerned. I had this problem with my dh when we were younger (and I worried more .) Eventually he realized it was a big deal to me, despite his opinion that it shouldn't be, and he always lets me know now.