Want to know what may be going on

Hi everyone,

Very new to a forum like this. I'm here after finally coming to terms with myself that I need help. So wanted to begin with something small before I see a psychiatrist. I have various kind of mental problems as follows and need to know what might be going on.

1. Worry - This. Always ! I am always in some or the other kind of worry. I know no body is 100% happy in this world. But thats not what I'm talking about. I keep worrying even for the smallest things. Like smallest possible things that go wrong/unplanned makes me lose my mind and my whole day is wasted. i keep repeating my thoughts like a broken recorder and i just cannot focus on anything else.

2. Anxious - I am a push over. Yes. I always tell myself to be frank and bold and give fitting replies to those who try to put me down only to realize that I'm tongue tied when I face the actual challenge. And what do I do ? i regret. And keep calculating the ways how I could have handled the situation better.

3. I always think about negative things and keep worrying about worst possible situations even before they happen just to be prepared.

And many many more problems. I keep checking on things 200* although this OCD has come down. What do y'all think might be going on. Please no rude or judgmental answers. Thank you.

Dear easeup:

Clearly, what you are describing is anxiety. I define anxiety as Excessive, ongoing fear.

So many of the diagnoses of mental illnesses are grouping of symptoms of anxiety. So I see anxiety as the Core reason of most mental illnesses while there are many, many man-made groupings.

I write "man-made" (Medical doctors-made, that is) because our brain is a mushy flesh, not a book with neat diagnoses printed in it. It is anxiety that manifests itself in many ways in different people. And in several ways in one person through a lifetime.

If you attend psychotherapy, best, I believe, would be a competent, caring therapist specializing in anxiety.

atina

No reason to be nervous about a psychiatrist.
Just say "anxiety" and what they prescribe could be
a big help.

Thank you for your replies. I will see a therapist soon.