CHAPTER ONE Your Anxiety Is Driving Me Crazy! It is the rare person who has not encountered a very anxious person, someone who is constantly anxious about even the smallest and most irrelevant thing. Do any of the following describe someone in your life? Frequently complains about almost everything and everyone Expects perfection and lets everyone know of this expectation Tells others what they should or ought to do Is excessively focused on details for others’ tasks or work Is uncomfortable to work with on a project Insists that everything has to be “just so” Is usually very intense Cannot relax until they or others are “perfect,” which never seems to happen Worries and fears negative outcomes for real and imagined future events Can readily imagine dire consequences and does so frequently Uses you as a sounding board for their worries and concerns Constantly sends you texts, e-mails, or phone calls about many concerns Do you have someone in your life who is frequently anxious and looks to you for answers and reassurance to relieve their anxiety and their anxiety is driving you crazy at times? You want to help them, but it seems that there is always something that triggers their anxiety.
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