That should say all I could think of is what could go wrong.

I feel the same way most of the time. Not about money necessarily, but I constantly worry. All I can do to try to get out of it is to remind myself that in this exact moment, everything is fine. The next moment may or may not be, but in this exact moment I am ok. There is nothing I can do in this moment to change anything that may happen so I will enjoy this moment now and deal with problems when they happen. I have to stop and remind myself a lot. Hope that helps a little.

I hear ya. I can worry in the middle of winter if my AC will die next spring, or will my car start, or will so and so catch the flu. we joke that i'm a very creative person. i can imagine a hundred scenarios that will never happen.

counsellor suggested picturing a stop sign and if you are alone yell STOP as you see the sign. sounds a bit odd but works. Another is focusing on regular objects around the house and just picturing them and their function.

the best for me...what % will that thing happen? I had my last car 10 years....hmm ran it 360 days a year, stop and start again, to work, to lunch, to home, to errands. so 4 x a day, minimum x 3600 days.... I think I got stuck with a dead battery once...so, once in 12000 plus times. Just working thru the % sure can calm me down. and IF I do get stuck, got AAA and a cell phone. So why do I every waste time worrying. Hope at least one of the suggestions can help. Try to live in the moment...called the 'present' for a reason.

I am the same way. It is so hard to stop worrying sometimes and I can get pretty creative with my worse case scenarios.When I was 30 I decided to go back to school and earn my degree. After my first fall semester I had about 20 bucks between Christmas and mid January until my financial aid came in. I was a nervous wreck, but things worked out. I found journaling helped me gain perspective. It helps to use your imagination to envision yourself in positive scenarios like succeeding at something, or picturing yourself in your dream job after you get your degree. Whatever helps you feel better and stay focused. It's great that you are going back to school. Best of luck!

Let's say there are five areas in my life where problems could be caused for me. One is transportation -- I worry and obsess about whether my vehicle will continue to be okay.

When one of those other four areas has gotten under my skin, well that is another story. But with this transportation example, maybe I should get busy checking my vehicle, or busy talking to my repairman, busy looking through my lil' ole notebook regarding this set of "wheels."

It makes sense : better it is to be puttering away at tidying things things up on the vehicle than idle staring at the wall and feeling tense.

It could be said, "Sometime there is you can do on it.". Well ahem I have learned from watching fussy ppl and watching obsessive perfectionists. Such a one when polishing th' gas cap, has there a chance to think further about what kind of petrol should be best for his vehicle and what station he can trust.

So, *do something about it* is my idea here.

Class starting soon?, you said : I knew a med student who bought one textbook the second the bookstore got it in. And carried it everywhere/read every spare moment.
Getting a head start -- asking teacher for syllabus or course outline -- IMHO would make sense. . . . . Boy Scout motto:be pre-..cosmic.
Uh, no that's not right! . . :)~

Do something; a person might well go do a little something about a worry if it is bothering him.

But if nothing bothers at some moment, do not have a list to refer to. Do not keep a list of worries.

LOL

Your feelings are natural, and will dissipate once you confront them. My motto is expect the worst, and hope for the best, from what you describe you expect the worst, so all you need do now is hope for the best. In my experience hoping has almost always won out, and I'm certain the same will apply to you in these cases.