Since about last fall, my anxiety has gotten worse at nighttime. I will be ok during the day, but at night, when it gets dark, I get anxious. I have noticed that when I go to bed and it’s dark that this happens, like I’m alone with my thoughts and worries which makes me anxious.

I am between jobs and looking into switching careers, and I am very worried about the future. I worry about how I will support myself when my parents are gone (I live with them now) and being a burden on my siblings, I worry about failing again at another job (I was fired from my last job), I worry about being able to get through the day... I’m just really worried about my life in general. It seems like at night I have nothing else going on, forcing me to reflect on my life and worry about the future. 

Right now I am on vacation at the beach, but I am having trouble enjoying it. I keep thinking that it will end and then I’ll come back home to the problems I have. I have a lot of trouble just relaxing. I have OCD, which makes it hard for me to not give in to my compulsions.

I don’t know what else to say. It feels good to talk about my problems. I don’t want to worry my family with my issues.