Hello all! I’d love some advice. 

I, F 22, struggle almost daily with thinking about worst case scenarios. Whenever something bad could POTENTIALLY happen I can’t help but obsess over it. I become extremely anxious and cannot bring myself to think of anything else — not even the best case scenario. It’s like the best case scenario is impossible and the worst case scenario is inevitable. I hate it. I hate thinking and feeling like this. It makes me feel small and like everything’s out of my control.

(For example… I currently find myself refreshing the tracking page of a shipment I’m supposed to receive the day before an international flight (it’s a permit I need for my flight so I can’t travel without it!) every 10 minutes or so. I can’t go to sleep and I can’t help but think I’ll miss my flight and won’t be able to see my family (whom I haven’t been able to see in 2 years)… the anxiety makes me want cry.)

Any advice on how to work around this kind of worst-case mentality? Thank you so much.