I feel like everything in my life has suddenly turned around for the better and it makes me nervous because I keep asking myself: how can life possibly be this good? Do you ever get worried when life is amazing about it suddenly taking a sharp turn for the worst?
It makes me nervous in that its unfamiliar, and I wonder if it will last (and how I'll adapt). Sort of like being on a roller coaster?
Sometimes (although I'm rarely happy these days.) I think feeling that way is to be expected if you've grown up in a dysfunctional/toxic environment.
I'm literally the exact same way. I'm not used to things going good, so I'm continually bracing myself for the worst lol. Throw anxiety in the mix and it's great aha
Interesting. My home life was like that. If I ever showed too much excitement or enthusiasm over an upcoming activity it would tend to get cancelled. I learned to pretend not to care about important things.
Yeah, if anything in my life is going well, I sit there waiting for the bubble to burst, because it will inevitably happen.
Yes, often. There have been too many times when I hoped for the best but was disappointed. So I cannot help but feel that anything good will be stolen away from me.
Well generally I feel happy when I feel like I've accomplished everything I could, and am therefore stress free (homework, cleaning my room, resolving inner emotional conflict, just stuff that I tend to willingly run away from) But then later I realize that I literally forgot something that I was gonna do . But then I don't wanna deal so I procrastinate, and the cycle goes again. But going off on the "it seems to good to be true theme" I do tend to question people's intentions when they're very nice to me, especially since most people leave me alone and let me do my thing. I wonder, "Do they want something from me?" "Do they feel uncomfortable being honest with me?" "Do they pity me?". Well, I guess being pitied isn't terrible, but it makes me feel kinda vulnerable, which is awkward.
I'm the same way. If someone is I guess, 'intrusively nice' occasionally I do worry about their motive. But it does depend on the person.
It's not being happy per se that makes me nervous, but when everything seems to be going well it's just a matter of time before something goes to shit.
Yes. When I get happy and feel like things are finally changing for the better, everything goes wrong so there's always some uneasiness even if it's just in the back of my mind. I've just repeated that cycle recently. Feels bad.
Oh yes. As someone with anxiety, my mind can't not go there. When you've reached the top, you can only go down.
Being happy doesn’t make me nervous, but I sometimes wonder how long the happiness will last before things revert back to “normal”. I would hope the happiness lasts forever, but that’s just not human nature...our emotions and life experiences take us all over the place sometimes. Once the happiness ends, and things go back to how they were before, I immediately feel disappointed.
I like the happiness being there because I don’t get to feel that happy for too long. So I try to savor it while it’s there.
That's probably a healthier attitude. I like the safety of gloominess. It's easier to look at life logically when I'm not happy.
The gloominess can be familiar and normal after a while, I’ll admit. But I like feeling happy...I like having a reason to be excited and I like having something to look forward to. Honestly, sadness makes me feel so drained and exhausted at times, and it just makes daily tasks even more difficult to manage. It’s hard for me to do well at work when I’m sad bevause my job requires me to have a certain amount of energy and enthusiasm, so it can be tricky when I go for months feeling gloomy.
I'm the opposite. If I'm too happy it distracts me from work. And from school. I can't do any math when I'm happy.
I’ve got adult ADHD, so I’m distracted all the time haha. But I know what you mean...If im too excited about something, that’s all I can think about and it distracts me. On the other hand, if I’m depressed or anxious or upset, it also distracts me. I can’t eat or sleep when I feel depressed either. I guess a happy medium or a neutral point would be best, instead of feeling too happy or too sad.
