tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998250393580256984.post2308955887548094852..comments2024-03-29T06:58:18.599+00:00Comments on Gum on My Shoe: Anxiety and Me Gum On My Shoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794936633523639600noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998250393580256984.post-5148882409310720642023-06-23T03:57:22.086+01:002023-06-23T03:57:22.086+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.drew@someone.healthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06226966038697631924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998250393580256984.post-20010017374532696112023-05-18T20:54:50.568+01:002023-05-18T20:54:50.568+01:00Hi Karl. Thank you for taking time to comment and ...Hi Karl. Thank you for taking time to comment and share your experience, it's very much appreciated. <br /><br />The overthinking / catastrophising you described is certainly something I relate to, mostly where friends are concerned. Anything that feels like the person is backing away or that the friendship is lessening, I automatically assume the worst, as though the person no longer wants to remain friends at all. The irony is that where friendships *have* ended for me, it's mostly come totally out of the blue. I guess my radar is not very effective!<br /><br />I hope you find a way through your anxiety regarding the member of your family who is sufffering. Be gentle with yourself would be my suggestion, though I know that's hard when you are in the middle of such things. I was on a work call about anxiety the other day and in the comments someone said how all the ideas and techniques were great, but that when things were really bad, they were unable to access them. I think part of it is learning how to keep the strategies close to hand so we can use them when we need to. <br /><br />Thanks again.<br />~MartinGum On My Shoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794936633523639600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998250393580256984.post-52919666988676346072023-05-17T08:55:13.377+01:002023-05-17T08:55:13.377+01:00This resonates with me on several levels. The ove...This resonates with me on several levels. The overthinking of small things (I recently took 'no news' as bad news, when something took longer than expected and had dissected my actions multiple times.)<br />In the past, there was an instance where my Martial Arts school sent out invitations for members to be examined to move up a grade - the wife and son got their invites and I did not. Obviously this lead to several days of soul searching as to why I'd not been selected, was I not improving, had I reached my plateau? No, it turns out I had excelled - but their mailer application detected two emails coming to the same email address and decided mine was an error.<br /><br />I'm fortunate enough to not be named executor but a close member of my family is suffering health problems and I'm dreading the inevitable due to the drama it will no doubt lead to.Karlnoreply@blogger.com