Why???

[annxietty]

So, a strange thing happens (and since Im not special or anything Im sure someone can relate to me) where I remember a past memory, something that has happened some time ago, and I start thinking things like "wow, so many things could have gone wrong there" , "wow imagine if I had done this instead", things like that, imagining different outcomes of something that has already finished. This happens a lot with a memory I have where I went to an attraction park and rode a very scary attraction, everyone was impressed I could ride something like that, in this attraction you had to stay very high in the air for a minute after it finished, I remember feeling so dizzzy because it was one of those attractions where you spin a lot in the air, I remember thinking I wanted to throw up but I did not, nothing out of the ordinary happened, its a happy memory actually because I had fun and I was with people I loved... but here I am, near an anxiety attack, because I keep thinking "what would have happened If I threw up so high in the air?" I rode the attraction alone and I dont know why imagining riding it with someone makes me feel so anxious... people in general (even close family) make me so anxious but yeah, nothing new there...
As always thank you to whoever reads all of this

 

[catastrophix]

There are a ton of nights where I don't get much rest because I'm up thinking anxiously about past things. Thinking what would have happened if I were to react or behave any differently. It's an absolutely pointless thought, but it still feels like it could matter. So I can definitely sympathize with your experience. I wish I had an answer as to how to make these kinds of thoughts go away, but I haven't found the answer yet myself. Either way, I hope you can find some sort of relief to your anxiety soon :]

 

[annxietty]

There are a ton of nights where I don't get much rest because I'm up thinking anxiously about past things. Thinking what would have happened if I were to react or behave any differently. It's an absolutely pointless thought, but it still feels like it could matter. So I can definitely sympathize with your experience. I wish I had an answer as to how to make these kinds of thoughts go away, but I haven't found the answer yet myself. Either way, I hope you can find some sort of relief to your anxiety soon :]

I see, thank you for your reply, I hope you also find that relief yourself, this truly feels like a joke our brains love to play.

 

[masochisticsorrow]

I do that too sometimes, remembering stuff and then completely overthinking it, making me anxious and restless, I feel like our brain likes to replay memories and then pick them apart to mess with us.