Hi Outlawza and welcome to our forums
It's great you've found your way here. It sounds like you manage anxiety really well, though something may have happened this year so that things aren't quite as good as usual. Would this sound about right?
I'm not a health professional, just someone who lives with anxiety. I'm a little like you - can go along living with it for years, then up it pops. All those thoughts that are often not real. It's really good that you've identified that the stories you're telling yourself may not be real. You're part way to helping yourself. Good on you.
Have you or are you seeing anyone for anxiety? E.g. a doctor or health professional? For me, I found going to a psychologist helps enormously. They help me identify what it is that's triggered my anxiety, then help me to change the stories I tell myself. Everyone is different of course, and what may help me, may not help some else. It's finding what does work for you. There are many stories here in our forums.
Feel free to browse and to join discussions you think may help. There is one particularly good thread - Self Help Tips for Managing Anxiety. This thread is found by doing a keyword search using the search tool at the top of our webpage. Alternatively it's pinned to the top of the Anxiety forum. There is no pressure for you to do anything you don't want to. Just trying to help in some way by letting you know what's available.
Kind regards
PamelaR
