Hello

Hey,I don't know where I fit in terms of anxiety disorders but i don't think something is quite right. Everyday I wake up stressing about everyday events, then hash out maybe ten different scenarios and what happens in each one. This is if I get to sleep after worrying through the night.
My girlfriend says I stress a lot, which is true - I will stress about a bill until it is paid, even if there is plenty from which to pay it. Don't even get me started on overdue bills, I'd have a heart attack.
Combine this with a generally high anxiety level when I am around people I do not know, or in a place or situation I am not used to and my stress levels go through the roof. Going to the shops is not an impossible taske, but it is a definate effort to be in a place where there are so many unfamiliar faces.
Any tips for helping these problems?

Hello. I'm sorry it's taken so long for anyone to reply to you...

I have suffered from a lot of generalised anxiety like what you describe... I have found going to therapy very helpful to start to deal with the underlying causes (even though they were not very obvious because they had to do with dissociated childhood trauma). I couldn't remember these bad experiences from my past that were causing my anxiety but as soon as I started to remember and process those things, my anxiety related to EVERYTHING decreased overall. I now feel like I can actually breathe for the first time ever. So some things I couldn't remember were causing me these general anxieties and as I have gradually been confronting the causes, overall the anxiety has been gradually going away. Have you considered seeking some therapy to help you figure out if there is any underlying cause for the way that you are feeling?

I also have found journalling about my day without censoring myself extremely therapeutic in reducing my anxiety... It can help a lot to just get all of those uncomfortable feelings out onto paper...

Perhaps you could try those two things to see if it can help you?