Every time I can't get in touch with my friends right away or they don't involve me in their plans, my brain jumps to the worst. This morning, two of my friends went shopping without me, and my brain went absolutely haywire, thinking they didn't want me there or something. I don't know why they didn't invite me, but I got so anxious about it and my chest tightened up and I got a little passive aggressive on the phone when they did call me back and I feel awful. Last week, my other friend didn't text me for almost a week when we usually talk every day, and I couldn't stop thinking about reasons he might be mad at me and I couldn't do anything else because my brain was so focused on overthinking.

It makes me feel terrible. I know it's not healthy to make assumptions and it's hurt my friendships in the past and I'm trying to change, it's just so hard when my brain works at like light speed and my thoughts overtake me before I can stop them. Does anyone else deal with this? How do you stop yourself from freaking out?