Is it normal that my anxiety has prepared me for the inevitable?

Like, I have struggled with anxiety for many years. Depression as well. Sometime my mind will get away from me, like when I haven't taken my ant-anxiety/depression medication. And I will go full in on imagining impossible scenarios, or scenarios that are definitely going to happen eventually.

For example, I am 19, and my mother is 56. I have already grieved for her death, as my anxiety brought fourth thoughts of "What would I do if she died?" "She's my only family, the only person who cares."

It's been the topic of several of my anxiety attacks because I am an only child, and my parents are divorced, I could never count on my father for anything, and I have almost no family I could count on.

In a way, because I have done this several times. I have already grieved for my mother's death. I'm certain that I will still be sad when the day eventually comes. But I don't believe it will hit me as hard, because I know what I will do. How I will take care of things, and myself if the time comes before I graduate college. She wants to be cremated, so I would ask friends of mine to go on a road trip to scatter her ashes at some places she always wanted to visit.

Depressing I know. But I can't help how my brain works, it makes me concerned that I'm a horrible person for this.

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  • Ellenna

    You're not a horrible person but you're totally wrong in saying you can't help how your brain works. Investigate Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and you'll find you CAN in fact change negative brain patterns and the sooner you start the sooner you'll be able to change how you live your life.

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  • riffraffy

    That anxiety about your mother dying didn't spur you into making friends and increasing your bond with your only parent. It was a meaningless bit of suffering, and sure as hell isn't a badge of honor. Take Ellenna's advice.

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