feeling guilty when things 'break'..?

[crackedglass]

Does anyone else feel guilty, then extremely stressed, when things like dishwashers, doors etc, break? I just opened the door to let the dogs out and the door came apart so that I had to slam it to shut it and can't use it now...good Lord....I was already stressed out over the broken lawnmower...

[crackedglass]

That make so much sense...I just found out that I could pick up my threads on email. I amanxious about reading email so I often just get onlineand ignore the box. I do thatwith the regular mail too. I'm such a wimp.

[Paxiled]

Yeah, I do.  My theory is, because the anxiety already stresses us out so much, any little thing that happens on top of that can just send us off.  I think we're all pretty angry at some level about this silly irrational disease, and it's easy to set it off.  Things are constantly going wrong with houses and cars and material stuff in general such as computers, and it's just another load of straw on the camel.

[catmagnet]

P.S. I forgot to tell you that my car door flies open around every corner...but I didn't wreck it. Some dude who looked just like Yosemite Sam sideswiped it because he didn't "see" our car??? HAH!!!

[catmagnet]

All right, just to put things in perspective, the ceiling in my breakfast nook is completely caved in and another part is starting in the main part of my kitchen...oh boy!! We have 3 broken lawnmowers in the backyard. No money to fix any of it...kind of funny after you get past the tragedy of it all. My home...Sanford and Son...get the picture???  LOL

[cj29]

I do get stressed when things break, but not necessarily feel guilty all the time with it.  Remember, things do and will sometimes just break.  Our lawnmower also coughed and hacked and we had to get it fixed....sure I probably run it a little hard but that's why there is a lawnmower repair shop right around the corner:).

Quite often, anxiety can cause us to feel guilty in my opinion.  When I went through this really bad about four years ago, I had a hard time overcoming my guilt of not being there for my wife (whom was extrememly patient and does not hold it over my head one bit). Letting go of guilt can be just as hard as confronting the anxiety sometimes....have you ever thought of counseling or talking it through with someone.  Just getting it off of my chest did wonders for me.