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Bronco,
When I get like you I think of myself in the future laughing at my younger worrisome self. At work I meet a lot of elderly people and once explained to an eighty year old guy my anxiety issues. He said "don't worry and be happy". Something like that. It wasn't the words he said but the position he was in life that went along with the words. He had lived his life and realized himself that life cannot be wasted worrying.
You will be that old man one day telling another person not to worry. I know it's hard to turn off anxiety but you can and will. When you do you will see the light at the end of the tunnel and it gets better and easier. It's the hardest when you don't know the tools to make yourself better. But definitely talking about it here and then also to a professional like any doctor is a very good start.
I also feel that it is something you manage but manage successfully is the trick. No one dies from anxiety and the people who want to get better DO get better.
When I get like you I think of myself in the future laughing at my younger worrisome self. At work I meet a lot of elderly people and once explained to an eighty year old guy my anxiety issues. He said "don't worry and be happy". Something like that. It wasn't the words he said but the position he was in life that went along with the words. He had lived his life and realized himself that life cannot be wasted worrying.
You will be that old man one day telling another person not to worry. I know it's hard to turn off anxiety but you can and will. When you do you will see the light at the end of the tunnel and it gets better and easier. It's the hardest when you don't know the tools to make yourself better. But definitely talking about it here and then also to a professional like any doctor is a very good start.
I also feel that it is something you manage but manage successfully is the trick. No one dies from anxiety and the people who want to get better DO get better.