Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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aussiewriter 12/27/2013

Hi all, has anyone found a way to stop thinking about tomorrow and being anxious about it? I've tried many things both alternative and mainstream. I think I could be bipolar as I have runs of grandiose plans then fall into a depression when they dont work. Thanks, IC

LuckyEmpath 12/27/2013

I think worrying, or thinking, about what tomorrow will be like is a big part of anxiety. I also feel it is a big part of what keeps anxiety alive and kicking. I have not conquered this completely but I have minimized it a great deal with positive self talk. I will usually tell myself repeatedly that tomorrow will not be like today (especially if today was an overly anxious day). I tell myself that no two days are alike and that my anxiety does not need to be in my life tomorrow. Then, when tomorrow comes, I tell myself that today is not like yesterday and anxiety does not need to be in my life today.

This took time to work but it is working. I also use positive thinking in most of my life and whenever I catch a negative thought, especially about anxiety, I turn it into a positive thought.

I hope you find what works for you.

Take care

deleted_user 12/28/2013

I try to tell myself, when I worry about what 'could' happen, then if it does happen I've done twice the worrying. I worried before it happened and of course if/when it does happen I will worry more. Twice the negativity. Sometimes I build things up in my mind that they are going to be awful and they turn out to be just fine and I wasted all that worry on nothing.

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