I'm curious to know what other people's anxieties are during the summer. When you don't have school or you get a break from work and anxieties are still running high, what causes them for you?

I'm out of school for the summer but I still feel anxious a lot of the time, but I'm not sure why. I feel like something is about to happen or that I'm forgetting about/missing something important. I think maybe it's also about finding a job and everything that comes along with that. I think that I feel like I'm supposed to be doing something more (ahem, more than the nothing I'm doing at the moment). I really want to do stuff, but I feel like I just can't. But that's part of the depression. But during the day when I'm feeling anxious and all worried I'm not actually thinking about this stuff, like really.

So yeah. What makes you anxious over the summer?

My responsibilities become greater in the summer and that is a stressor.

It's also very hot and humid here. My meds don't mix with that weather so that means a lot of times indoors, which isn't awful but it feeds my inclination to isolate. That makes me anxious because I feel like I should be doing more like regular people.

Also, I have happy memories of the summer when I was a child. Summers were spent at the beach and family dynamics were so much more relaxing then. Spending summers at the beach is not something I can afford financially and that respite from anxiety is no longer an option for me.

Originally Posted by RikerR5

I'm out of school for the summer but I still feel anxious a lot of the time, but I'm not sure why. I feel like something is about to happen or that I'm forgetting about/missing something important.

I relate to this statement very much. It's extremely uncomfortable, isn't it? If it gets really bad, it evolves into a fear that something is WRONG, but I have no idea what it is but it is a strong feeling. For me, I think it is linked to my bipolar disorder, GAD (Gemeralized Anxiety Disorder) and being a high-energy person, in general.

[ctoren]

I am anxious and stressed about finding a job now that I just graduated college.

because of the constant sunlight, my feelings of agoraphobia are bad.

anxious about people doing stuff- and making the most of their summer while i'm not

what will happen after summer (will it be another year of very little gain?)
hydration (it never used to bother me, but now it does) and i seem to worry about not having enough to drink

insects too.

i'm alergic to being stun anyway- but opening my window puts me in danger of having anything fly in, so i can't do it.. i have to use my fan 24/7

I get anxious that the summer will go by without doing anything. I make plans and have had them dashed in the past, so the last half doz summers I have avoided doing so. This year is different - my summer is actually scheduled out with a series of activities. I am really quite anxious that these aren't going to happen - especially when the plans include things that are extremely important to me. I am so afraid that I will spend another season watching it slip on by.

I am anxious these last few years to paddle. I was once an avid kayaker. It was a way of life. But, as each year passes without having opportunity to do so I get fearful that it would be a total disaster. Is my balance affected by my medication? Am I strong enough to paddle against the current? WIll I look like and idiot (a fat lady sqeezing into the cockpit)? Will my car run long enough to get me to the launch site? etc, etc, etc

Similarly I'm anxious this year about hiking which is one of those plans I've made. Will I be able to do so or am I so out of shape the idea is ridiculous. There is one moderate to difficult hike I want to do again. Will I humiliate myself?

I am anxious about fire. I live in an apartment and I worry that someone will leave their BBQ unattended.

[i dont matter]

people. People are more active, outgoing - thus small-talk is unavoidable. ARG

[Gabbie1314]

Hi,
Personally, before I got a job I would feel anxious over the summer about how I was passing time as well. I would get nervous for the new school year and all of the unknowns that would come with it. Looking back I realize I had no need to worry as it always worked itself out. Good Luck!

I realize that looking back there never was a need to worry, but that doesn't stop the anxious thoughts.
So I think for me it's a lot of 'I feel like I should be doing something'. People are out there having fun and doing interesting things and I'm still at home. I always think I have plenty of time to do stuff but I just waste it all and don't do anything.
Also finding and getting a job. I found a place where I think any interview would be pretty small, but it still freaks me out. It's been almost a week since I went there last and my dad asked if there was a job available. I got my resume in order but I just don't want to go down there (it's really close), and I can't hand it in online because that location isn't listed. Besides, online has some questions that I'd probably answer better in person. And then learning everything I need if I get the job, talking to the manager, talking to customers, and just not knowing what to do.
Then I'm worried about next year I suppose, even if I'm not actually thinking about it.
My one friend that I do things with is on vacation elsewhere until August, then she's going to camp for a week. My other friends don't do much, even then mostly with each other because they've been friends since they were younger, and the friends I used to hang out with also don't do much, but I've sort of stopped talking to them (still not 100% sure why, though).
Then there's still just that feeling of anxiety even when I'm really not thinking about anything, nothing is coming up (except for my therapy sessions) and I just don't know why. AAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!
I guess this sort of helped me sort things out. Thanks

Originally Posted by RikerR5

I realize that looking back there never was a need to worry, but that doesn't stop the anxious thoughts.
So I think for me it's a lot of 'I feel like I should be doing something'. People are out there having fun and doing interesting things and I'm still at home. I always think I have plenty of time to do stuff but I just waste it all and don't do anything.
Also finding and getting a job. I found a place where I think any interview would be pretty small, but it still freaks me out. It's been almost a week since I went there last and my dad asked if there was a job available. I got my resume in order but I just don't want to go down there (it's really close), and I can't hand it in online because that location isn't listed. Besides, online has some questions that I'd probably answer better in person. And then learning everything I need if I get the job, talking to the manager, talking to customers, and just not knowing what to do.
Then I'm worried about next year I suppose, even if I'm not actually thinking about it.
My one friend that I do things with is on vacation elsewhere until August, then she's going to camp for a week. My other friends don't do much, even then mostly with each other because they've been friends since they were younger, and the friends I used to hang out with also don't do much, but I've sort of stopped talking to them (still not 100% sure why, though).
Then there's still just that feeling of anxiety even when I'm really not thinking about anything, nothing is coming up (except for my therapy sessions) and I just don't know why. AAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!
I guess this sort of helped me sort things out. Thanks

what sort of job?

what are you hoping to do

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

what sort of job?

what are you hoping to do

Wow, it's been a while since I've been on the forum.
The job I was talking about is at a pet supply store. I should also put in an application to a new A&W opening up soon. I just don't want to be there and always have to ask for help because I don't know anything or forget a lot.
I haven't heard anything from them, but I don't want to go down and ask/follow up because I can't even think about it. I think the pet store job is better than other jobs for me because not as many people come in as they do in other places (like the Choices my parents wanted me to apply as a cashier for).