[Blaire]

I don't know if anyone else gets like this, but I get super upset and have panic attacks when stuff gets broken around the house. If a light goes out, a toilet runs, the garage door opener dies, an appliance craps out, I obsess over it. I even have nightmares about it.

For example, we have an ongoing problem with the cheap, crappy doors in our house. Three of them have fallen off their hinges, and today it was the one to the guest bathroom. Usually my husband can kinda stick them back into the frame until we can have them repaired, but this one will not go back in, so it's leaning against the wall outside the bathroom, and we're waiting to hear from our nephew as to when he can come fix it.

I'm trying not to freak out. It really doesn't hurt anything to not have that door for a while. We rarely have guests, and when we do it's only people who are basically family to us and can just use the bathroom upstairs.

This is totally not a big deal, but I get derailed big time by stuff like this. I don't know what it is about disruptions to my environment, but I'm very sensitive to them.

Anyone else?

[Gabyunbound]

I don't have such a strong reaction to it, but I am pretty sensitive to such things. I think it's my anxiety, which is intense; I feel I need things working and in their right place to feel safe. Or at least not so anxious.

[gina_re]

I broke my bathroom door last February. It's still broken, no one is coming in my room to use my bathroom, who cares. My disposal hasn't been working for months. I just use the other side of the sink. Life happens. Just work on these issues bit by bit. I can't always afford to fix everything right away...

Has it always been this way? Is it specifically home maintenance that has always been anxiety provoking?

I'm sorry I don't have the best advice for you right now.

[MusicLover82]

Have you talked to a therapist about this? I wonder if there is some sort of deeper reason why you panic when something breaks. Of course, often with MI there is no rhyme or reason, but if there is a reason, it would be good to get to the bottom of it.

One of the biggest everyday anxiety-inducing situations for me is whenever someone around me is angry. I can't handle it. I wonder if it stems back to my dad when he had a bad temper and I was a child. I would cry in my room every time he lost his temper. I try to avoid being around angry people pretty much. If need be, I'll take a Xanax.

Best wishes!

[Blaire]

That's a good idea, I'll make a note to talk to my therapist about it next time I see him.

[BastetsMuse]

Originally Posted by Blaire

This is totally not a big deal, but I get derailed big time by stuff like this. I don't know what it is about disruptions to my environment, but I'm very sensitive to them.

Anyone else?

Yes. Me. I hate sudden changes and I'm not friendly about them at all.... I don't like to have guests, because that changes the schedule and things, and I really have a hard time when things break and I have to have people in the house to repair them.