Hey Katie,

There’s nothing wrong with you.  Even if a medical practitioner diagnoses you with something, there is nothing wrong with you.  Everything that you have described is completely normal and I know that many people feel the same way you do.

There are definitely some things you can do to practice calming down and dealing with any issues that you may want to deal with in order to feel better and stop worrying.  They are described all over this site.  You are not alone!

jrm

Hi Katie

Can you imagine if the rules of life stated that you must figure everything out by the age of five because from that point on you will be forever forced deal with everything in the same way as that five-year-old would.  Most people looking at that statement would call such a rule absurd. Yet for many people the coping skills they developed by the age of five are the same skills they will rely on for most their lives, as they wonder why things don’t work out for them.  Again, looking at that last sentence you might think how foolish those people are to use the coping methods learned at an age of five to deal experiences latter in life and expect things to work out.

The concerns you have noted in your post are normal and suggests that you are entering a new stage of life. The concerns indicate that your ahead of the game as you question how your past experiences might be shaping your current experiences. This is an important opportunity to evaluate the lessons you have learned and address those that are holding you back. This is your opportunity to become more conscious of who you are and who you want to be. We are influenced by our past however we are not our past.  We can learn to do better

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