Starting to get anxious about the holiday. Probably doesn't help that I am not that busy at work and so therefore I have lots of time to sit and think.

Last year on Thanksgiving night I and even though I didn't go to the hospital or anything afterward, which looking back was really stupid of me not to have gone, and even though I am in no way this year, just thinking about last year makes me worry that the same thing is going to happen this year which is ridiculous, or so I thought.

I texted a friend to talk to her through these thoughts. And she was like, It's not silly. It's documented that anniversaries trigger memories and prompt repeat behavior. (She didn't cite her source so I am just taking her word on that.) So at least I am not being silly and/or ridiculous. But now I am dealing with the anxiety. EEK.


It seems like I am super sensitive. Even when coworkers and stuff are responding to me, I'm taking inflection and lack of detail in response to mean more than it probably does. This is an outgrowth of the anxiety I think. It's unpleasant but I will survive it.


Anyone else starting to get holiday anxiety?