Any one a worry wort?

meechrobi

I am learning... that i always need something to worry about. It seems like I like to think ahead and worry about things I have no control over.

Example: DH is in the Navy. Right now...we are on shore duty--so he has been home for the past 2 years and it has been great. Well, last week he called to tell me that his next assignment will be in VA for 14 months.  So I am already worrying about a multitude of things-- will we sell our house and move? will DH go alone since it is only 14 months? If I get pregnant...how can I do my job as a "single" mom (i have some travel with my job)? etc, etc, etc. It is literally.... so awful to be like this.

Anyone else like this? Worry about things you can control? How have you trained yourself to not worry??

caityr

I am by nature like this and a control freak so it makes things harder. I have just tried to take deep breaths and leave it up to a higher power if you will. I cannot make myself sick over people and events that I cannot control. My mantra lately is, "Its in Gods hands" and "everything will work out". Easier said than done.

beacbabe

me!!! I worry about everything and anything... even when I have no control over it! I actually lose sleep over it because Ill wake up in the middle of the night and just start thinking of everything!

I make myself nuts!

RFBsbride

Well, my mother is a worry wort to the extreme.  She worries enough for all of us.... but I have to say that as ET gets closer and closer, I have some worries - mostly about money.  We are completely wiped out after this - I mean all the money we got for our wedding, any investments we had, tax refunds and bonuses are all gone after all this - no matter what the result is and that scares me a lot.

But there's nothing I can do to fix that and I know my parents and in-laws will always help us out if we need it, so I just have to remember that.

It's totally natural to worry - we're only human!

EdithR

I'm the same way. When I learn to stop worry about one thing, I literally "find" another thing to worry about.  I think I got this from my grandma, she's the same way. It drives my mom crazy because she gets it from both ends.