scared of everything
tw: social and general anxiety im new here, so im sorry if i do this wrong! im transitioning into college and i feel so overwhelmed. i feel like everything i do is offending someone. im a very nice person, sometimes to a fault, but sometimes I overthink everything I do because I don’t want to offend anyone. but in the process I put myself in a really bad mental state. I’m not really sure how to explain it. my mom is very supportive of me, but she’s not my therapist. but i don’t really know who else to talk to.
@dazedsteampunk
Hi dazedsteampunk, I can understand your situation. I feel its common to feel little anxiety when we are about to start something new in our life & I am glad to know that your mom is helping you to feel better about it.
I feel having overthinking about upcoming new things in life or our any past experineces can be one of the reason for feelin anxiety. To work on our overthinking, one the of thing we can do it we keep ourselves engaged in things we like or we work on our hobbies. If we keep ourselves enegaged or busy, it can reduce overthinking& can give us more self confidence, so that we wont doubt ourselves.
Here on 7cups you can find some useful self help guides on anxiety (https://www.7cups.com/anxiety-help/), social anxiety (https://www.7cups.com/social-anxiety/) & on starting college life (https://www.7cups.com/how-to-adjust-to-college-life/). Also you can join anxiety subcommunity (https://www.7cups.com/home/anxiety/) where you can interact with few people who are facing similat concerns & you will know what is working for them. Also you can connect with lot of good listeners on this platform & they can try help your concerns.
Take care