If you find yourself identifying with the chronic list I would strongly urge professional help. Please, if you use my list at all, use it for yourself, and not to identify others.

Two kinds of anxiety: chronic and situational

Chronic:

• You worry and you don’t know why – it’s generic and floating; it’s not connected to anything specific.
• You worry even when things are going well – there are times when you worry about having nothing to worry about.
• You worry as a way of life – when people tell you they are not in a state of constant concern you think they are surely in denial.
• You worry about everyone you love and regard the amount of worry as proportional to the depth of your love.
• The rumbling feeling of anxiety feels like it is deep inside you and has lived in you for as long as you can remember – it’s as if you were born with it or it came from another life.

Situational:

• You are facing an examination, a tough conversation, or an important interview. You know the tension will ease once you get started or once the trial is over. Your worry is attached to something real and when that is dealt with the worry will ease and then be gone.

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