Things I worry about ?

I worry about too many things which I try not to do as when younger I was in no way a worrier (unless you count exams which at the end of the day I knew I would cope with!). Now it’s so many things-my financial security (I live alone), my daughters (son never has caused me a moments angst!), my autistic granddaughter, whether I will suffer from ill health as I age (please not dementia like my father and paternal grandmother). All I can do is try to deal with situations as they arise, plan ahead as far as I can and realise that worrying does not solve or prevent problems! I think the worst of it is that I feel that I have no one to talk to. Counsellors are all very well, but it’s not the same as being able to talk and be taken seriously by someone who loves you and wants to reassure you. I try to appear to manage fine but sometimes worry makes the world a very lonely and frightening place unfortunately.

TizzLiz sorry if you meant this to be light hearted! I can do the lighthearted stuff as well. Going on holidays for instance (when we could). I worry whether the flight will be on time, whether the resort will be not too busy but not too quiet, whether the weather will be sunny but not too hot etc etc!

I can worry about most things even worrying - I often have to give myself a good talking to….

I worry will I give in to the tin of Roses that are calling me daily as I know once opened I won't stop.

Worry takes away today’s strength, not tomorrow’s sorrow ..... however, when you have loved ones or just care about the world around you .. I think it’s 2nd nature for many of us.

Shinamae

I think worrying is part of being human and almost impossible to stop doing, certainly in my case…

Well that’s confirmed it-I’m not human? I don’t worry about things I can’t change and put solutions in place for those I can

My poorly mum
My poorly stepfather
Forgetting everything
Having to go to work with people I dislike in a job I absolutely adore

GrannyGravy13

I worry about everything and everything, I worry about events which happened years ago especially in the middle of the night.

In fact since the outbreak of Covid I have gone from easygoing, light hearted and outgoing to someone who is a professional worrier and could quiet happily become a hermit.

Gg13,I knew we were related!

I think we had a big family just to ensure there was no chance of running out of worries. Add our brothers, sisters in law, nephews and neices and then friends into the mix and there is no chance at all.

As the saying goes, B, 'you're my favourite'. ??

Blossoming

If I wake in the night it’s because I need the bathroom, that’s why it’s called ‘the wee small hours’

I worry how I would manage if something happened to DH.

I worry how he would manage if something happened to me.

Also worry how either of us will be as we get older.

Plus always worrying about AC and GC.

Apart from that….

Worry whether the dogs getting too fat
Worry whether the cat's getting too thin
..that I forgot to ask how my friend's mum was
...whether I used a phrase that was politically incorrect
...that the frogs will drown in my slug traps
...that I forgot to put my glasses on to look in the mirror & I've probably got whiskers sprouting from my chin
...that I could have bought my new gadget cheaper somewhere else
..that I'll start a coughing bout in the middle of the concert

To name but a few silly ones

Grannygravy, I feel similar. Im still coping with chronic conditions which does not help. My life has become smaller since the pandemic and I really cannot be bothered going out. I did go out today but unless I have got something specific I just don't bother. The silence has been deafening from friends. I wish this pandemic had never happened. I worry a lot more and am frightened of the future, everything just seems bleak.

I always worried about my children when they were growing up. I worry about the grandchildren now too. My daughter has been ill for a few months. What worries me now is I am finding it really hard to deal with. I am not as strong as I used to be I am more emotional these days. I know I have got to be strong to be able to support her.

Ditto, LadyGracie. I worry about things that might not happen, about my frail husband, anything and everything. I can get distracted quickly by humour or comedy though. But just for a while. Concerns about possibly not finding a parking spot if I go somewhere are also a worry. Usually unfounded thankfully.

I worry about DH.
If I wake up in the night I worry about anything and everything.

I worry constantly, and if I don't have anything current or specific to worry about, I will go back over something that happened years ago, something which I can do nothing about. 2.30 am is my worst time and if I wake then I have this awful feeling of dread because I know I will start worrying.....I think I need help to deal with this. I worry about dementia, both parents had it.

Kim19

When discussing our adult childrens' worrying predicaments, I always remember a friend saying 'sometimes it's best not to know so.....don't ask'. I've found this to be good advice over the years.

I’ll take that on board, thank you

I dont believe we can possibly stop worrying about our children when they become adult, how can we? We cant.

They have reached an age when they are now in the big wide world and that brings forth a big big worry.

My son lives abroad and that in itself brings me worry because i can't just help out, i can't do a thing and that is a constant niggling. I KNOW I am not alone in this situation countless others are precisely the same.

Home or away, we worry.x

I’ve heard that it’s worst in the middle of the night because that’s when your subconscious is supposed to be dealing with and solving your worries.
You are disturbing it when it’s trying to do it’s job.

Another rather odd theory is that 3am is when Christ died.

I worry all the time, but my worst time is the middle of the night. If I wake at 2.30 it will be 4 oclock before I go to sleep and during that time anything and everything takes over. This morning I was worrying about my kitchen floor, if I could have made a phone call at that time it would have sorted everything out but of course I couldn't. I did this morning though so that is one less thing to be going on about to myself tonight!

Don’t read it, simples

I don't like this thread. It is reminding me of all the things I try not to worry about and bringing them to my attention!