my crisis management skills are a bit suspect

I normally like thunderstorms. A whole lot. I think this is pretty normal. But today there was a wicked intense thunderstorm and my head started literally flipping its s***. I was at work when it was all going on and I was checking the weather online like a freak and I could NOT stop looking outside to save my life. (Oh yeah, and I'd been doing a GREAT job at not biting my nails recently. So much for that.)

There was tornado warnings and in my head I was just thinking that power was going to go out and then the sump pump at home would stop and then our basement would flood and then the hot water heater was going to blow up and then our house was going to burn down and then our dog was going to die.

Yes... I realize this is extreme. But seriously... it was ALL I could think about.

Geez... y'all should see me when a REAL crisis comes along.

I think that's sorta like how I am whenever I get a little too much energy for my comfort level. I always start worrying I'll start thinking I have super powers or something. Especially now that my going back to college in a month depends on me being at least fairly stable.

I know the feeling, Nessa; it's like being a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rocking chairs.
Stress has a strongly negative affect on the system, Nessa. We need to keep it at bay
as much as possible. Practice deep breathing to force concentration to be directed in
another way.

Don't you have an anti-anxiety medication prescribed for times like this? Boy, I'd
take one with all this going on.

Be good to yourself; try to quiet your mind if it's possible.

I'd be sure to get some good sleep tonight; maybe an anti-anxiety med would help then
better, come to think of it, than right now.

Remember to get rid of the negative thoughts of the day before going to bed.

You've had your share; that's for sure.

Take care.

sounds like ordinary anxiety to me....I wouldn't get too worked up about it. storms are triggering, they can be scary, they CAN create tornadoes, that is a real threat, and all those things can happen.....so again...I don't think your thinking was too far out of the ball park on this one. you just have to let it pass through your mind as thoughts only and not get attached and dwell on it letting it cause you unneccesary grief. you did a great job describing it...hehe

I actually don't currently have any anti anxiety meds right now. Both my GP and my pdoc have both offered them and I really don't know why I keep turning them down. Maybe I'm just too stubborn for my own good I guess. I always think that I don't really need it and then something happens where I would literally murder someone for something like a xanax or an ativan.

I've always been an extreme worrier. My husband likes to tell me to "stop worrying about things you can't change"... oh if only it were that easy!!