I know..sounds like a silly topic...but it's true. There is no better proof that my anxiety is completely mental after my experience this morning. I had to take my daughter just a few miles up the road to get her sport's physical. I was pretty ok going there....although I will never be 100% completely comfortable going to any medical setting. So, I get there and as soon as I walk in the door I'm hit with my anxiety. I'm filling out the forms and whatnot..doing what I have to do...but all the while I'm having these extreme anxiety feelings that felt at any moment could be tipped over into the panic zone. I went back with my daughter and when I got to the room with her....in my mind I was rerouting our entrance to make sure I'd have an easy escape..or would it be an easy escape? Maybe, I'd collapse right there in the hall and become a patient. She had a very nice doctor which was asking my daughter and myself some questions....and the distraction OF COURSE.....did help to calm me a bit. So anyway, we get done....we're heading out....and my anxiety is gone....we stop at the store to get chicken strips and tater babies and life goes on. My whole point to this post is this....my anxiety is nothing new....what happened this morning is nothing new.....none of it is new to me.....nothing comes out to physically attack me, thereby causing anxiety....NOPE....my body is functioning just fine..(far as I know).....and MY THOUGHTS wreak havoc on me. This is the part of anxiety that gets me the most....why can't I wrangle my thoughts? After 40 years of anxiety you'd think that at some point I could develop some sort of skill to snap out of that thinking....better yet....some sort of skill to get rid of that thinking all together. This is just a vent....and I hope you all have a real nice day. =)