Do I have stress issues?

[Anonymous]

I Had a stressful life any mistake I made I paid for it so since young age i started to believe that a person like me is not allowed to make mistakes. I had to grow up and act mature since i was only a teenager. Now i had a chance to have something i worked really hard for so i find myself panicking that something would go wrong at any time and i would lose everything lately its getting worse i would get these feeling at least twice a day. What should I do?

[NearlyNapping]

Well I've always been someone who stresses out easily. I've tried many times to force myself through those times, but it never works. It's just a limitation that I've learned to accept.

For most of my life I dealt with stress by avoiding getting myself into those situations in the first place. I've never been ambitious, and have not set high standards for myself. For most people ambition is a positive trait, but I consider it a negative.

In the end, most of that stuff doesn't really matter. People often create their own stress by placing things at a much higher level of importance than they deserve. They place something high on a pedestal, strive to reach that pedestal, then stress all the way there.

It just doesn't make sense to me to feel like shit to reach some goal of dubious value. If it makes you feel like shit, then does it really have value? If it makes you feel like shit, it should have negative value, not positive value.

I'd rather just stop and smell the roses. I'd rather enjoy the trip, and not worry so much about where it's taking me.