Like my favorite tv shows, for example. Those are something that are supposed to be familiar and exciting and comforting, a source of joy and comfort and relaxation. But it’s like my brain doesn’t rest until it’s found something to stress about within everything I love—any time I like a show, there will always be some little problem within it or some worry about it (ESPECIALLY the latter) that I’m forced to kind of fixate on, and it SUCKS. I can’t just enjoy it, there’s always some sort of “stain” on my love for it that it’s hard to not be reminded of while I’m trying to enjoy it. A common one is that I’ll always worry that the show(s) I love and connect to with all of my heart might get worse over time, or the aspects of it that make it as special as it is to me will be lost due to changes or new additions to the series over the course of the show. Even if there’s no sign of it ever happening, or even signs AGAINST it happening, that little part of my brain that makes me worry about this stuff in the first place still goes “yeah, but WHAT IF??” and it’s impossible to properly ward off since it comes down to proving a negative.

Any advice on this problem? Maybe any mantras or methods you guys can suggest, to ward off those baseless worries or “out-logic” them?

[Note: I’ve never been diagnosed with anxiety and this problem of mine is probably relatively calm compared to other issues that members of this community face, but I think my experience here might have something in common with a lot of symptoms of anxiety and this community was the place I thought of going for advice on this matter.]