End Of Humanity Anxiety...

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Hey Dances - I was just like you when I was a kid. I also read a lot and worried myself sick about things that I had no control about. At age 6 I freaked out because I coudn't drive a car. What if something happened to my parents and I had to drive for help? So I really watched and learned and read when my dad started teaching us to drive I did really good. When I was 9 my folks got motorcycles...now THAT was scary - I felt like I needed to know how to ride a bike and I was too little - but I watched and asked questions until I felt like if I really had to drive the motorcycle, I'd know what to do. In high school I worried about things like getting cancer - again, all stuff largely out of my control. But the reading and planning and preparing for "What If" helped take my mind off things - plus it helped me learn to organize my thoughts and make great action plans. Now I know a lot of different stuff - how to do things I'll probably never need to put into action. Just think - you've already got your dad's funeral planned!
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I'll bet you are really organized, too - that's great!

Learning is good. Stressing is bad. Someone in a post above me talked about feeling in control - that is what a lot of my worries stemmed from. This "I'm not in control of my own life" feeling can be a basis of clinical depression, so it's important to learn how to handle it. I also grew up in a Christian family, and hearing "Don't worry - God is in control" is fine well and good but really didn't do much to help. Physical activity, as someone else in a post above suggested, is a great way to produce endorphins and counteract the chemicals extreme worrying sends to your brain (and that can make you nauseated). Breathing deeply and focusing on positive thoughts when you notice your mind racing in negative directions can also help. At these times, think of all the good things in your life and count your blessings - focus on the "real" good instead of on the "maybe" bad. You have a roof over your head and parents who love you and friends and clothes and food and books and probably even CHICKENS!! Look at all those blessings! Now look around at all the people who don't have those.

When you're in a worried state, maybe try going to your mom and say something like, "I'm really worried about X (something bad), but I'm thankful I have you to talk to about things, and I'm glad for X (something good)." This may cause your mom to respond with conversation instead of thinking in her head "Joy is just freaking out again."

As I've gotten older, terrible things have happened in my life - and so have lots of wonderful things. I still worry, but I am learning that learning/planning is all I can do about something that may never happen. I can only control my own actions and reactions to those things I can't affect. Now, people actually tell me "I'd like to have you around in a crisis," and "you're always so calm." Ha! If only they knew!

I can tell you're a wonderful, creative and thoughtful person with tons of potential - good luck!
 
The Mayans couldn't even predict their own self-destruction. How on earth could they predict the world's end? The scariest thing for me about 2012 is the reelection of a certain person.
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lol I guess ur right about the whole "worlds gonna end" thing *scary Music* but I think I still need some help with my anxiety......
 
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That's kinda what I thought you'd say.

Here's what you gotta realize.. Whether you know it or not, our trust in other people is determined by the confidence we have in ourselves to be able to cope with other peoples' mistakes, misdeeds, failures, and shortcomings. Read that one or twelve times. Let it soak in. Think about a lack of self confidence in the context of anxiety over things you can't control.. They're inextricably linked.

Then, figure out why it is that you have no self confidence. Ask yourself why you have such little confidence in your ability to deal and cope and overcome. Work on fixing it. When you become confident in your own ability to get through life without regard to what it may throw at you, I truly believe you'll find the courage to step out of your shell.

The great irony shall be that when you do take that great step forward into the light, you'll find that there was never so much to worry about as you believed there to have been. In that moment, the world will unfold for you.
 
Talk to someone...a professional. Seriously. I am not a doctor and I am NOT recommending this but I will say anxiety/depression runs in my family and it isn't an emotional issue, it is a chemical one and medication has helped us greatly.

Also, the Mayan calendar started over...a few times.
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That's kinda what I thought you'd say.

Here's what you gotta realize.. Whether you know it or not, our trust in other people is determined by the confidence we have in ourselves to be able to cope with other peoples' mistakes, misdeeds, failures, and shortcomings. Read that one or twelve times. Let it soak in. Think about a lack of self confidence in the context of anxiety over things you can't control.. They're inextricably linked.

Then, figure out why it is that you have no self confidence. Ask yourself why you have such little confidence in your ability to deal and cope and overcome. Work on fixing it. When you become confident in your own ability to get through life without regard to what it may throw at you, I truly believe you'll find the courage to step out of your shell.

The great irony shall be that when you do take that great step forward into the light, you'll find that there was never so much to worry about as you believed there to have been. In that moment, the world will unfold for you.

that makes lots of sense.....hm.........
 
The Maya have said that the world has been destroyed 4 times before, yet the world and people are still here. There was a lot of panic before Y2k and then in summer 2000, you could buy a generator cheap at garage sales. People for some reason tend to be obsessed with Doomsday Prophecies. There were two books of Revelations written, so are we even sure that the one in the Bible is the correct one? Some would say yes, some no. The thing with a lot of prophecies is that they are so vague and can be interpreted any number of ways. If you follow everything in the book of Revelation, the world could have well ended in 1354, after the Plague and assorted Mongol invasions into Europe and Little Ice Age famine. Any of Nostradamus' prophecies can be applied to several situations or times in history.

In the meantime, do what makes you happy. Enjoy the sunsets, the sheen of moonlight on snow, take time to smell the roses and butterfly bushes, watch your chickens peck about, spend time with friends and family and watch mindless comedies once in awhile. Laughter is good for you
 

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