TW mention of (potential) cancer. Take care of yourself.

Here’s an issue I have: I’m aware that I sometimes react to things in an oversized way. I’m better than I was, but there are times when I’ll catch myself assuming something is wrong when my partner seems a little quiet, or if I don’t hear from my friends in a few days. I’ll jump to conclusions and then have to talk myself down.

I’ll prepare for the worst and hope for the best, sometimes to my detriment. Sometimes this works: I forked out for the covid vaccine, and now I’ve been to a couple of events where people have subsequently caught covid and have been fine (I still mask, but I can’t do that while eating, alas).

Sometimes it means I’m working myself to the bone to manage other people’s feelings, or I’ll take the brunt of work instead of asking for help, lest I annoy them or be a burden.