Spinoff: What anxieties do you have

i also am so scared to speak in public and i work myself up when i have to make important phone calls. i hate the phone. like for work if i need to make a phone call i need to make sure all the information is written down that i need to talk about etc. or i write down what i am going to say word for word....

YES i am weird

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Posted by cbcf

i also am so scared to speak in public and i work myself up when i have to make important phone calls. i hate the phone. like for work if i need to make a phone call i need to make sure all the information is written down that i need to talk about etc. or i write down what i am going to say word for word....

YES i am weird

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OMG i do that too! my boss hates that i never want to call anyone

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Posted by Future Mulligan

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Posted by cbcf

i also am so scared to speak in public and i work myself up when i have to make important phone calls. i hate the phone. like for work if i need to make a phone call i need to make sure all the information is written down that i need to talk about etc. or i write down what i am going to say word for word....

YES i am weird

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OMG i do that too! my boss hates that i never want to call anyone

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yeah i NEVER want to call anyone. i have to call my DJ company to get my photo's on CD that they took and I haven't called yet it's been a week i don't know what's wrong with me.

i would rather talk to the person face to face then call them weird i know.

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Posted by kimNanthony

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Posted by cbcf

i am so scared of getting into a bad car accident.

i am dealthy scared of dying. for some reason i think about it at least once a day

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I have the dying one too! Although they say if someone has anxiety they usually have anxiety about dying.

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this is my biggest one too! if my DH takes a little longer than normal parking the car or going to the bank, i think a million terrible things. i'm really trying to get over it though because i'm scared i'll make our kids nuts someday. both my dad and my uncle died very very unexpectedly so now i fear it like crazy. before they died, i was so much more laid back and zen

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Posted by bensgirl

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Posted by kimNanthony

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Posted by cbcf

i am so scared of getting into a bad car accident.

i am dealthy scared of dying. for some reason i think about it at least once a day

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I have the dying one too! Although they say if someone has anxiety they usually have anxiety about dying.

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this is my biggest one too! if my DH takes a little longer than normal parking the car or going to the bank, i think a million terrible things. i'm really trying to get over it though because i'm scared i'll make our kids nuts someday. both my dad and my uncle died very very unexpectedly so now i fear it like crazy. before they died, i was so much more laid back and zen

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I feel the same way. I found out my dad died unexpectedly when my brother called me. Now I get nervous whenever the phone rings and I always think my close family will die

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Posted by MikeandJess

I'll start! I hate being alone at night. I start to convince myself of all sorts of crazy things (people breaking in, bugs, mice, ghosts etc.) It's so crazy what my mind is capable of. There's a lot of other things but I don't want you girls to think I'm a complete mental case

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I agree, I think of the craziest things and get myself all nervous

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Posted by Gigi08

Yes, add that one too! Um, I guess I won't watch that movie then. I don't need to think about that any more than I aldready do.

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From the beginning it was sad, I was so angry that I watched the whole thing. It was a really depressing movie

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Posted by cbcf

i also am so scared to speak in public and i work myself up when i have to make important phone calls. i hate the phone. like for work if i need to make a phone call i need to make sure all the information is written down that i need to talk about etc. or i write down what i am going to say word for word....

YES i am weird

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OMG me too I dont want to sound like an idiot or not be prepared to answer a question right so I hate calling. I also cant call in front of people, it makes me too nervous.

Lets also add to the anxiety list, fear of something happening to DH, my dog or someone close to me.

Bridges, elevators, big bugs, large bodies of water (ie: the ocean....)...

I am beginning to sweat just writing these things down!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by cbcf


OMG I watched that movie while DH was in Iraq probably not the best thing to watch I was balling. I was so fearful that he was going to leave me here alone. It was bad. I think I was more worried about that during his time in Iraq than anything else. It was a little crazy.

I also think like 'what comes after death'?? no one knows and I don't want to experience it anytime soon but that's what gets to me. That once I die I am gone forever.

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I give you so much credit. If DH was in iraq I think I'd have to be committed.

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Posted by kimNanthony

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Posted by bensgirl

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Posted by kimNanthony

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Posted by cbcf

i am so scared of getting into a bad car accident.

i am dealthy scared of dying. for some reason i think about it at least once a day

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I have the dying one too! Although they say if someone has anxiety they usually have anxiety about dying.

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this is my biggest one too! if my DH takes a little longer than normal parking the car or going to the bank, i think a million terrible things. i'm really trying to get over it though because i'm scared i'll make our kids nuts someday. both my dad and my uncle died very very unexpectedly so now i fear it like crazy. before they died, i was so much more laid back and zen

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I feel the same way. I found out my dad died unexpectedly when my brother called me. Now I get nervous whenever the phone rings and I always think my close family will die

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omg! this is exactly me too! the day my dad died, i actually remember walking down the street that morning, before i got 'the call', and i was thinking what a great day it was and how it was going to be a great year (it was in feb). then, a few hours later my whole life changed. i think that's what freaks me out so much. so now, anytime i think good, positive things, there's a little thing in the back of my head waiting for the bad to come. it's horrible. and i'm the same exact way about the phone. if my mom calls and then my brother calls and i see both missed calls, i immediately think something is wrong.

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Posted by MikeandJess

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Posted by cbcf


OMG I watched that movie while DH was in Iraq probably not the best thing to watch I was balling. I was so fearful that he was going to leave me here alone. It was bad. I think I was more worried about that during his time in Iraq than anything else. It was a little crazy.

I also think like 'what comes after death'?? no one knows and I don't want to experience it anytime soon but that's what gets to me. That once I die I am gone forever.

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I give you so much credit. If DH was in iraq I think I'd have to be committed.

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at one point i was really really bad. i actually didn't let anyone know cause i am kinda embarrassed. DH could tell though bec that day i was bad he happened to call me. but honestly it wasn't that bad thank god!!!

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Posted by MikeandJess

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Posted by Gigi08

Yes, add that one too! Um, I guess I won't watch that movie then. I don't need to think about that any more than I aldready do.

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From the beginning it was sad, I was so angry that I watched the whole thing. It was a really depressing movie

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Thanks for the warning.

Okay well my number one anxiety has to do with driving. I can't drive on highways or really to any place that I have never driven before. It is so horrible and really limits my life! I always say I am going to do something about it but I never do. I can paralel park now BUT by the time I am done I am sweating profusely bc I feel like everyone is watching me.

I HAVE to be able to get home from somewhere. THat is why I hate going places without DH. I know that if I ask him to take me home he will immediately. I would feel psycho asking anyone else so I immediately feel trapped ( even if there is no reason for me to leave! ) I have gotten to the point where I just have to make an exit plan like figure out a way to take a train home or ask a friend who knows my issues to take me home if i need it ( and I never have had to actually ask! )


I always have to sit on the outside of a table, so I dont have to pass people when I get up. I hate at church when people make me move over and give up my aisle seat - I sweat through the rest of the mass!
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Posted by ant n tilde

Okay well my number one anxiety has to do with driving. I can't drive on highways or really to any place that I have never driven before. It is so horrible and really limits my life! I always say I am going to do something about it but I never do. I can paralel park now BUT by the time I am done I am sweating profusely bc I feel like everyone is watching me.

I HAVE to be able to get home from somewhere. THat is why I hate going places without DH. I know that if I ask him to take me home he will immediately. I would feel psycho asking anyone else so I immediately feel trapped ( even if there is no reason for me to leave! ) I have gotten to the point where I just have to make an exit plan like figure out a way to take a train home or ask a friend who knows my issues to take me home if i need it ( and I never have had to actually ask! )


I always have to sit on the outside of a table, so I dont have to pass people when I get up. I hate at church when people make me move over and give up my aisle seat - I sweat through the rest of the mass!
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Wow its like I wrote that myself! Sounds like we both need an exit

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Posted by cbcf

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Posted by Future Mulligan

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Posted by cbcf

i also am so scared to speak in public and i work myself up when i have to make important phone calls. i hate the phone. like for work if i need to make a phone call i need to make sure all the information is written down that i need to talk about etc. or i write down what i am going to say word for word....

YES i am weird

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OMG i do that too! my boss hates that i never want to call anyone

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yeah i NEVER want to call anyone. i have to call my DJ company to get my photo's on CD that they took and I haven't called yet it's been a week i don't know what's wrong with me.

i would rather talk to the person face to face then call them weird i know.

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I know exactly what you mean. I hate talking on the phone and hate making phone calls even more than that.

It's funny I am much better about it now at work than I was. My previous job really helped I think-I was constantly making phone calls for customers so it helped me 'practice' lol. I swear that's the only reason I was actually able to get my wedding planned. At my job now, I'm much better about making phone calls. I still prefer to e-mail if it's possible. I always wait to make the calls until I have gone over exactly what I'm going to say when someone picks up. I'm the worst though if someone catches me off guard.

Airplanes. I've posted on this subject before. My fear of flying has even prevented me from going somewhere tropical and sunny for my Honeymoon. I've flown beforeand when I get on the plane I'm usually fine. But, when I buy my plane ticket, it's virtually all I can think about. It consumes my thoughts. 'What if the plane crashes?', etc. For me it's a matter of control. If I can't fly the plane, I don't want to be on it.

Also, I'm afraid of death. The idea of growing old and dying scares the cr@p out of me. I don't like the idea that I won't be here anymore one day.