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cadett 
I wonder if others who experience serious anxiety notice that Sunday nights are "more worser" than other days of the week. I tend to start worrying at least slightly about "back to work Monday" shortly after I awaken on Sunday morning.
Then there's usually a moment in the late afternoon when it hits me - oh my gosh, the weekend is gone, I didn't find time to do various things I wanted to accomplish before the work week began.
And lying in bed, I "awfulize" as I like to call it about all the things that could (i.e. ABSOLUTELY DEFINITELY WILL) go wrong at work tomorrow. It's hard to get to sleep and stay asleep.
And getting out of bed on Monday morning - always seems so doom and gloom filled... the drive to work... yuck.
So my therapist would tell me to write down my negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones but the energy to do that doesn't seem to be there when I need it.
How do the people that are good at it find that energy?
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It may not be so much about replacing the thoughts - I see it as more of an acceptance issue (I too am a therapist). Accept that the weekend is almost (key word) over. When I try to get myself to do something enjoyable on a Sunday evening, I find it much easier to get to sleep.
OhioBill
I think it may be normal in a way. You enjoy your weekend off, and then come Sunday you know it's back to work, but you have to keep in mind that it's just work, and how much you enjoy your job or not. Is there something about your job that stresses you ?
Try some relaxaction theropy, and or try to keep yourself occupied.
I know these things are easy for me to say and I am guilty of the same.
You hand in there buddy you are strong and you'll be fine.
Rob4Support
I think my Sunday night worrying was pretty insightful this week. The A/C was out in my wing of our office building today and it was a sauna all day. The one respite was a meeting in a freezing cold computer lab! But... a good day. Then... the boss was away, so why wouldn't it be a good day? (Oops did I write that last sentence out loud?)
Rob, I personally find my job very stressful but I know I am more prone to falling prey to stress that many people - so I don't know that it's really the job itself, just how I react to it.
Bill... thanks also for your suggestions, I like the idea of finding something I enjoy doing on Sunday evening - I've managed to make my world so small that there aren't that many fun things left in the treasure chest to choose from, but I'm working on it.
Thanks for thinking of me - hope you guys are having a good day!
cadett