[rainbow8]

I'm always anxious in the car, but especially on road trips. It's worse when it's my adult married children with their kids going somewhere. I dread when they go away because I worry that something will happen to them. Does anyone have any advice for me, other than praying, which I do? Thanks.

[Rhiannonsmoon]

((((rainbow8))))

It's awful isn't it when that worry just won't leave you alone. When you begin to worry just close your eyes and visualise them at their destination sage and sound.

When you are in the car, do your breathing exercises and replace all worrying thoughts with positive ones,

Rhiannon

[rainbow8]

Thank you! I'll try that--the visualization. Cell phones help too, though I don't want to be a pest. It's just SO hard for me to control my worry. I wish I could keep my family enclosed in a bubble.

[Perna]

My husband is going away tomorrow morning (Saturday) through Tuesday evening. He's flying but I have some of the same worries, that something will happen. I think some of it is the whole "going away" and it's easier to worry about things that don't have a high change of happening rather than the real issue of people leaving us.

I try to use the time they are away for myself, do some of the things I can't do when they are around. I'm looking forward to not having to plan dinner or stop watching my television shows because he wants to watch television (and doesn't like my shows) or have to worry about his foot aching and his wanting me to massage it for relief, etc.

See if you can switch some of your focus/thoughts back on you instead of giving your energy and thoughts to those who aren't with you?