Boss monster: anticipatory anxiety

[lisefrac]

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I was listening to the newest episode of Happier with Gretchen Rubin this morning - in particular, episode 85, “Ever Been Annoyed by a Gift?” One of the topics they discussed is giving yourself something to look forward to on the calendar. To paraphrase Gretchen, if there’s

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[breakinglight11]

I also experience a very high amount of anticipatory anxiety, even for things I end up enjoying. And I am also bad at bottling the excitement I know I will receive from certain activities to make it manifest when the anxiety and avoidance feelings come up.

For what it's worth, I think if you are genuinely achieving a balance between your "chill" and your "active" selves, that sounds healthy to me. It's when one takes too far over that it becomes a problem.

[in_water_writ]

Honestly I feel this way too, but usually see it as a side effect of my depression