I've been diagnosed with GAD, and it's frustrating when the description is abnormal worrying, but that's just what I do. I used to be diagnosed with Social Anxiety because most of my excessive worry was related to social situations and how people were seeing and thinking about me, but I am much more secure with myself now and don't worry enough for that diagnosis. It was changed to GAD because I still have worries that are out of preportion with the situation. Like, sometimes I get panicky about going to someone's house if I'm unsure if they want me to use the front door or the back door. No big deal, right, and the other person isn't going to care or hate me if I don't use the door they're expecting, but in my mind it's a life or death question and sometimes leads me to avoiding the situation all together.

I also have quite a lot of health anxiety. It makes it extremely difficult to sleep, because I worry of having a major health event overnight and no one will be around to help me. I dread bedtime. Since sleep is very important to maintaining balance with my comorbid bipolar disorder, I often have to take something in order to sleep.

So I guess what I'm saying is, do you worry excessively AND does it severely impact your life?