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    Aug 3, 2011, 06:17 AM
    Over-analyzing everything
    Heeey, I've never been like this before and I know I've always had an aniexty issue but this is just bad. Lately I've been over-anaylzing everything! How I was when I was a little kid till now... what disorder is this? Someone please help
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    Aug 3, 2011, 06:21 AM

    How does your anxiety issue express itself? What is happening?
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    Aug 3, 2011, 06:30 AM
    It expresses itself okay, but then ill get a stupid negative thought out of nowhere and ill think I did something stupid as a kid for my family to dislike me or something, this is very wrong ofme tothink this? What disorder is this?
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    Aug 3, 2011, 06:32 AM

    Does your family dislike you and you don't get long with them?
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    Aug 3, 2011, 06:35 AM
    They don't dislike me, but I do have a lot of issues with my family and they do put me down a lot saying I've done a lot of stupid things in the past but why would I think of that as a kid?
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    Aug 3, 2011, 06:41 AM

    It sounds like you are buying the product they are selling you and obsessing over it a bit. We all do stupid things as kids. (Of course, THEY never did stupid things as kids... ) That's how we learn. First, stop taking to heart what they say. Can you laugh it off both to them and to yourself with the conclusion, "Yup, and that's how I got to be so wise now"?
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    Aug 3, 2011, 06:50 AM
    You that is very true and I already know that but sometimes I can't help but over-analyze stuff. I'm not sure what to do at this point?
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    Aug 3, 2011, 06:52 AM
    How can I break this bad habit?
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    Aug 3, 2011, 07:36 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by jennettte View Post
    how can i break this bad habit?
    The easiest way to do that is to replace it something else.

    What can you say to yourself -- one validating/affirming sentence -- each time someone, or even your yourself, puts you down?

    Years ago, Al Franken played a therapist named Stuart Smalley on the TV show Saturday Night Live. Stuart would boost himself with daily affirmations such as, "I deserve good things. I am entitled to my share of happiness. I refuse to beat myself up. I am attractive person. I am fun to be with." Before he met with clients, he would say to himself, "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me."

    Here's a transcript of one of the skits --

    http://snltranscripts.jt.org/91/91asmalley.phtml

    Maybe you need to take a lesson from Stuart Smalley ;).

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