Hi I’m a 19 year old male. For about five years now I’ve had some form of anxiety where I feel the need to organise my life everyday in order to make sure I’m living my life correctly however I’m starting to realise that this isn’t enjoyable and is impacting on my day to day life. I used to have what I called “worry sessions” which were 30-40 minute periods I’d have in the morning everyday going over everything on my mind, the things I need to do that day, how my day was planned out, making sure everything was organised and going over any recent issues.

I’m starting to realise I want to live a more laid back life where I don’t stress about these minor things each day and where I can wake up and just get on with my day without thinking about it. However I’m worried that this may be bad choice and can affect my life negatively. Where is the balance in a way that we can use our minds to help positively affect our lives but not constantly be in a state where I feel like the majority of my day is stuck in my thoughts and not the real world.

I guess what I’m trying to say is can I just let go of all of these thoughts and will this result in me living my life naturally or can this have a bad impact?