Nowinners: Thank you so much for sharing this! Very encouraging. I dig any classic rock and that includes Queen!

LiteraryLark: I hope that you don't worry about LonelyMan's post. I think he was helpful by being practical with me, a trait I often value when I sometimes have irrational ways of thinking. A lot of people, including myself don't like sugar-coatedness and instead just go for the honest answer, and I think LonelyMan is just one of those types. In my OP in one of the final paragraphs I asked if I was generalizing based on my past experiences or not, because when I am under the influence of anxiety I tend to generalize, and I think that they were just trying to address that part of my question. Again hope that you don't worry about this or feel like you have to do anything to protect me. Cheers!