Concerning Anxiety

I think that I often appear very calm on the outside in person, but on the inside I'm thinking/worrying about a lot of little things.

 

Was very high anxiety, but lately more moderate with better self awareness and self management. As @Sandie33 said, it's important to understand cause. Things will stress me out that are no big Deal to everyone else, and I can't just brush it off. I have to Deal with it. This means realizing in that moment that I am anxious, Distancing myself a little by separating mentally and emotionally from the people and situation causing the anxiety, sometimes almost blocking it out, and then finding something calm and soothing to think about or focus on instead.

 

Yeah, I heard that one before! There was also one comparing how INFJs use Ni like dolphins use sonar ... Haha maybe

 

Definitely high in anxiety. (This is assuming we're talking about things that matter to us.) I never used to be like that, but somewhere along the way - likely during university - I started getting these panicky, anxious jitters when I think of things that would go wrong or what I can't do. It might have been the influence of my roommates back then, who were overachievers, and "the more you learn a thing, the more you realize how much you're lacking" while studying my craft in school, which left me stricken with perfectionism and worrying over every little detail.

It's better now. I tell myself to breathe every now and then, checking the body, making sure I'm not tensed up. Remind myself to take a break and do stuff just for the fun of it once in a while. Remember that mistakes are a sign of learning and to be patient.