Common Anxiety Thoughts You Might Notice

Anxiety comes from negative, irrational, and basically future-oriented kind of thoughts. If your brain is often loaded with anxious thoughts that you can’t help avoid, then you are struggling with anxiety. You know those thoughts that are based on "what if" and "oh my gosh!" that sometimes go out of hand so easily and bring in even deeper thoughts of anxiety.Once anxiety associated thoughts stick in your head, they can easily become over-powering, confusing or upsetting. Such thoughts can lead into thinking that you are the only one in such a mess but know that you aren’t the only lone anxious person who has encountered such an experience at some point.

In reality, troubling thoughts are born of anxiety. According to psychologist Dr. Nikki Martinez, people in an intensified state of anxiety, are more vulnerable to negative and unfair intrusive thoughts. Chances are such a state will become even more chronic with the lack of ample mechanisms to control or curtail it.In the absence of such mechanisms, those thoughts can be quite overwhelming and stressful to handle, hence resulting in the worst form of anxiety. Seeing a therapist can be of significant help since they will definitely suggest the coping skills or whatever healthy measure you need to relief your brain from. Take a look at these Common anxiety thoughts you might notice that you have and remember that other anxious people have them too.

1. "I Definitely Have That Rare Disease"

Anxiety has all it takes to stick your brain on the weird thought that you have every rare disease that mankind is worried about. In such a state, if at any moment you feel some pain or even a little headache, your brain switches straight to the irresistible thought that you are a victim of that disease and it has begun eating you up. In the contemporary world, your first source of research would be on Google as you try to find out if your thoughts are true and how long you have left to live. Having such detrimental junk in your brain is not cool at all.

2. "The Subway Train Is Stuck, I’m Going To Live Down Here Forever"

If for some rare reason the subway train you are in shows some signs of a breakdown or grinds to a halt, then your brain will send strong waves of panic and initiate adrenaline rush as a result. The issue here is a high degree of lack of control that anxiety generates in everyone suffering from anxiety and it’s a condition they can’t just control.

3. "Did I Leave The Door Unlocked?"

There’s a specific type of condition referred to as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder which is that anxiety disorder known as "checking disease.". According to HealthGuides.org, such is what makes some people feel bound to double check switches, doors, a wallet or purse.  It may appear easy to deal with, but in reality, it is such a difficult disorder to handle on a daily bases. In fact, at times you may even see yourself rushing back home from work to triple check either yourlocks or something else in the name of “just in case.”

4. "My Friend Hasn't Replied, Perhaps She's Possibly Mad"

The anxiety about whether you hurt your loved one in some way and they are upset with you keeps coming in the event of them not calling or texting. That one is quite a common thought stuck in the brains of anxious people as Lindsay Holmes, Deputy Healthy Living Editor on HuffingtonPost.com specifies. Also, this occurs in a scenario in which your friend fails to continue with plans you both had and your feeling switches to the fear of the worst, assuming they are upset with you.

5. "My SO Has Never Called Nor Texted, So I'm Probably Dumped"

Thoughts of this nature are common in relationships. It’s most often a delayed text that you need just a little patience to wait for. That’s one of the cases that make anxious people have a little too many sad and tension-risen moments in relationships. If two of you with such anxiety thoughts are in a relationship, the need for a therapist to help will be urgent.

6. "I Suck At Work And Am Going To Be Fired"

Praise an anxious person now with the most appreciative of words and they will forget it and remember only that little negative thing you said. They ’re more or less the worst critique of themselves,and that’s what you really don’t want to be.  The workplace is a perfect example of where all these usually happens. Your anxiety is surely the reason you constantly feel like you will so be fired.

7. "I'm Going To Forget"

The fear of forgetting to do important duties or normal daily assignments is another characteristic that anxious people feel troubled by.  As time approaches towards a particular task, you may start developing the fear of forgetting to do or say some of the things in your duty. For example, you fear missing a meeting, going late to a function, forgetting a point in an important discussion, not feeding your cat and so on. It’s about being overly anxious to trust yourself.

8. "Something Horrible Is Waiting To Happen To My Dog"

Having a pet to take care of is not easy and doing so as someone overwhelmed with troubling thoughts of anxiety is a harder combination to handle. It can result innumerous disturbing thoughts that will lead to even more worries since daily life thoughts of harm and death are not new to people living with anxiety;reveals the health site Calm Clinic.com.

9. "People Are Going To Notice That I'm Stupid"

Anxious people usually have trouble feeling relaxed and confident in the midst of friends or strangers. Take an anxious person out to socialize, have fun, and they will keep nursing anxious thoughts about how people will think that they are stupid, unfit or poor at something they ought to be good at. Are you this way? The thought that your contribution in a discussion is not important is another issue,and that’s where the tendency to rush through your idea when during a group discussion keeps sticking in your mind.

10. "Nobody Likes Me"

When it comes to how people react to an anxious person’s views, posts or photos on Facebook, it becomes a very sensitive issue. When their posts are not responded to as it is normally happening to posts of others, they interpret it as being particularly snubbed by those you have seen it,and they immediately interpret it as “nobody likes me.” Anybody who experiences these abnormal thoughts about not being loved should be aware that they are into some anxiety-fueled paranoia

Note that thoughts that are negative and irrational cause anxiety. To resist the urge to accommodate anxious thoughts or anxiety itself, you must learn to challenge all those negative and irrational thoughts that force themselves into your brain. Consult a therapist and be offered techniques in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which is a way of learning how to change your thought patterns. With coping mechanisms, you can shut down those anxious thoughts and free yourself from the trouble of living a stressful life every day.