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hacky2012 - 18-21 years old - female

Posted by hacky2012
on April 30th, 2012 at 8:28 PM


I fear everything. Beyond all sense and reason, I fear the future, I fear that I will never find my soul mate, i fear that I will fail, I fear that i will disappoint others. I fear my own fear. My future is so planned out and "solid" that I constantly fear that I will screw it up. I know that worrying incessantly about anything and everything does little to no good, but i can't help myself. I don't know how to just turn myself loose. I have no idea what it feels like to just go with the flow. I'm not a control freak, but I am so used to doing my best and achieving my goals that I have set my own bar too high, and I don't know how I'm going to handle it when i finally fail for real. I know that nobody's perfect, but it doesn't make me feel much better about my previous failures. I also psych myself out because I worry so much. Sometimes I literally am sick with fear or guilt and there's no way to curb it. Even now, I'm worried about what my incessant and irrational fears are going to do to my life five or ten years down the road. Will I be so fearful and untrusting that I'll kill my dream of being truly loved? Will i begin a career and fail because I can't handle the stress? Will I struggle in college and lose all of my scholarships and make no friends? And most importantly, will I disappoint my family and myself? I don't want any of these things to happen, but I'm afraid that if I keep dwelling on them they will come true. I can't stop worrying!

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  1. LKB4ULP - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by LKB4ULP on April 30th, 2012 at 8:41 PM

    Gosh, Hacky, I could have written this when I was about 17, it reminds me so much of myself at that age.....I am still learning that life happens, that you can't forsee or plan all of life. You are right noone or nothing is perfect. Striving to be your best is not a bad thing, and realizing the possibility of failure is definately not a bad thing, but driving yourself to fear can cause you to self destruct. It can cause you to manifest bad things through the negative thought. Be kinder to yourself.

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  2. jefcas - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by jefcas on April 30th, 2012 at 9:47 PM

    In exactly the same boat right now.. led me to a mental break down, suicide notes, self harm you name it.. only times I feel better is when I talk it all out and let loose my anxiety, if its not to my therapist its to my family.. but talking def helps when I'm at my extreme lowest

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