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Thinking the worst case scenario will happen to me all the time

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ron05709
ron05709

can anyone give me some reasurance?

for weeks i have been getting worse and worse with thinking something really bad is going to happen in my life. i have been to theropy etc and gone through hypnosis etc but constantly feel something bad is going to happen. we have all been young once and I even get scared that something will come up from when i was 20 years old (Now 24) and cant stop to stress myself i will get in trouble some how. i cant afford to get in trouble but years have gone by and still cannot stop to think something bad will really happen. has anyone had any coping mechanisms ? i love my life , my job , my partner and would hate for it to come crashing down.

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 ron05709

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    I am so sorry. this is a little long, but I wanted to share with you things that I have learned.

    I know exactly what you’re talking about because I have always been afraid. Something bad would happen even when I was a child. And yet I had a wonderful childhood! Always scared something would happen to a loved one especially my parents. or my kids , Afraid I would get some disease. and on and on.

    but I can tell you that nothing horrible has ever happened, and I am a way older than you!

    But I learned some things along the way.

    One of those things is that when we think of the worst case scenario, we are allowing fear to take us over. Fearful thoughts are not based on reality, they are based on emotion.

    also, we need to live in the present moment and not in the past, or in the future because they don’t exist. The present is the only thing that actually exists . and that’s where we find joy.

    Remember that we control our own life. If you don’t want to ever get in trouble, then you have control over that. that’s all in the past. You are not 20 anymore. You can make the right choices. Nobody can take that away from you!

    it’s time to start thinking

    in a positive way, and be grateful for what you have! you love your job. You love your life. You love your partner. you love them so much that you’re afraid you’re going to lose them. right?? So then the fear sets in. I did that myself for a long time. but what happened is that I wasted those days with worry and fear. I can never get those days back. I could’ve spent those days feeling joy for what I had.

    you don’t have to lose those things.

    every day I wake up, I write in a journal the things that I am grateful for.

    be happy in the present moment, and stop thinking about the past and future.

    let me tell you, life goes by very fast and you’re not gonna want to regret wasting days on worry.

    Worry doesn’t add a single day to your life, nor does it bring you joy. So get rid of it.

    Every time a negative thought begins to enter my mind. I acknowledge it and then I let it go. The more you do that the more your mind will automatically get rid of the negative thought. The more you hang onto the negative thoughts the deeper they will set in your mind. This is actually a scientific fact.

    I am in my 60s and I am cherishing my life, family, the beauty of nature, each and every day. It’s a beautiful gift. You’re going to be OK. The word fear stands for false evidence, appearing real. Rise above that!❤

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