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Title: Anxious thoughts €“ Jumping to Conclusions


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Amy68, Be sure to keep working through the program. The first few sessions will help you understand and challenge this negative thoughts in order to better manage your anxiety. Danielle, Bilingual Health Educator
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HI. That's exactly my problem is that I jump to conclusions. I am having so much trouble right now because I tend to dwell on scenarios that have not even happened. For me right now, it's my eyes and the fact that they may become bothersome at certain places & while I'm with people, even though my eyes are doing better. About the time I feel I'm doing good, a "scenario" will pop into my head and I get that sick feeling about it. I have this constant sick feeling right now that has been with me for over a week. I'm so aggravated about it! I cannot see the positive at all but only heartache & aggravation. I just keep thinking to myself "why me", "how did this just happen out of the blue", "is it going to be like this forever", etc etc etc. My husband has always said I make mountains out of mole hills, and I DO. Health issues have ALWAYS got to me but I've always talked my way out of my bad thinking. With my eyes, it's different. Reading message boards about dry eyes and the horrible stories does not help one bit. It depresses me even more. I just am hesitant about going to the doctor just yet. My doctor, who I've only seen once for back problems, is about 13 years younger than me and I feel silly talking to her about my mental instability. I assume she would recommend a therapist which in turn bothers me. I don't go to the doctor very much and the only type of drugs I've ever taken are excedrin and ibuprofen. This whole mental worry and dwelling is REALLY getting to me as you can tell. I've went on and on and on. Sorry about that. Like I said in a previous post, I do 'start' next week and am going to see if I feel better once I get past this 'week before' time. Thanks for listening to my rambling. Take care all!
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Continuing on in our discussion about common anxious thoughts, today we€™ll be talking about €œjumping to conclusions€. Jumping to conclusions is what happens when you decide something is true or not true too fast or before you have looked at all of the evidence. For example, anxious thoughts like €œI€™m going to faint€ or €œI€™m losing control€ can be considered jumping to a conclusion if the person has never fainted or lost control in the past. If you don€™t look at all of the evidence you can underestimate or overestimate the chance of something happening. For example, a person with agoraphobia might say that they have a 100% chance of having a panic attack if they go to the store or ride the busy, when in reality the chances are a lot less. Others may think that everyone can see them shaking or sweating when in reality most people are probably not watching. Unless you know all the evidence, you may be jumping to conclusions. Members, do you find yourself jumping to conclusions? At the first sign of a physical symptom do you conclude that you are having a panic attack? Do you avoid places because you are so sure that you will have a panic attack? Josie

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