Struggle with “What if?” Worries?

Find yourself always worrying about things that could possibly happen in the future? “What if I don’t get the job?” “What if the test is positive?” “What if they don’t like me?”

You feel as if you can predict what may happen so much so that you can actually see visions of it in your head. For example, You can actually picture you and your family out on the street begging for money because you didn’t get the job.

These thoughts of future events are so real to you that it’s almost impossible for anyone to convince you otherwise.

Vicious Cycle of Anxiety

You worry, then you find ways to avoid the things you’re worrying about and get trapped in this endless cycle.

These worries continue to grow and grow until you feel like you are under a ginormous weight which is paralyzing.

To counter this you try to hold on to every form of control you can, trying to control every aspect of yours and everyone you love’s lives. This starts to frustrate the ones around you and strain relationships.

The repetitive nature of the worry, despite your efforts to not worry and control everything and makes you feel hopeless.

This sometimes leads to panic attacks – heart pounding, hard to breath, hot flashes, light headedness, fear that you may die and so on and so on.

It’s a vicious, vicious cycle.