Yes, I agree with you. I often times I find myself happy and wonder what disaster will occur. Being worry free sometimes feels unnatural, because it's so new to me.

Thanks. I am glad that I am not the only one. lol.

I had to laugh. YES! I do this more often than I really want to think about. Worrying is a habit--just ask any worrywart--that's really hard to break. And it inevitably leads to anxiety, and that isn't funny at all.

I deffently know what u mean. I'm always worrying about what I have to do the next day before it happens. )= I try not to think about it. But its so hard. How do you u deal with this? any advice for me?

Yes! This happens to me all of the time! The second I realize I've been having a pretty good day or I haven't worried about anything in a while my mind goes off and running.

I take a worry-free day as a blessing and try to make the next day a worry free day too. Sometimes it works- CBT is really teaching great stuff!

Absolutely, all the time! It's as if my OCD just won't let me be happy. Whenever I'm feeling good and am not worrying about anything, I can feel my brain start looking for something. And if it can't find anything new, it will go through old stuff to rehash. I know exactly what you mean!

I definitely appreciate the feedback. Seems like my mind is always on speed dial just waiting to connect to the next "issue." Always searching.....

There is a couple of reasons for this. First, we have a lot of adrenaline running through our bodies all the time because we are such negative thinkers. Negative thinking creates adrenaline. And this adrenaline puts our brain on constant "scan". You are constantly telling your brain something is wrong. Your body language...your emotions...your thought processes.....these things don't exactly tell your brain that you live in a peaceful, harmonious world. So it does its job. It is keeping you hyper alert and hyper aware so that you can be prepared for when the disaster strikes. Your brain works just fine. Its just doing what you have taught it to do. Which brings me to the second reason.

Just like Stonehenge said......Habit. We are negative thinkers. We were born that way. We have done it all our lives and it is as automatic as breathing. So even if nothing is wrong, we still think as though it is. We are always waiting for the shoe to drop. But just because we were born this way, that doesn't mean we can't change it. Start becoming a positive thinker. Even if you don't believe what you are saying. Change your thoughts. Break the habit. Eventually your brain will catch up and start relaxing and shut off the adrenaline and you won't be on "scan" all the time.

I guess it sounds simplistic, but it really is that easy. It takes time but it does work.

I've found that I must keep myself busy...then the thought are better and less intense. J

I'm like Flo Capp in the Andy Capp comic, "You know I worry if I don't have anything to worry about."

Thank you Lilygirl. I have low blood sugar symptoms and that also releases a lot of adrenaline (probably a chicken and egg scenario!)

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Great stuff everyone. Thanks ;)

Yes, I have felt like this before. It's almost a "too good to be true" type of feeling. There are no obvious or pressing issues that occupy my mind so I will search for stressors that have either not played a role in my anxiety or could potentially become an issue later in time.

I think CBT would be a helpful form of treatment for these thought processes, to learn how to take comfort in the moments when we do not have to be stressed, nervous, or scared.

Saraswati, I get low blood sugar symptoms too. When I get to be under too much stress and I have extra adrenaline, I have to eat protein constantly to keep my anxiety at bay. I hate it! I get so sick of chicken breasts!