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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Wow OP, I am so glad you shared this with us because I honestly could have written the exact same post! My jaw dropped when I read the part about people not responding right away to your text messages and the anxiety that ensues afterward!! I thought I was the ONLY one who endured this. I so hear you on that.
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I am on medication(s) for my anxiety issues and I still go through what you do so medication does not thoroughly take it all away as one may think.

I am guessing it also takes some cognitive behavioral techniques that may require some in depth counseling as well.

If you decide to go that route, I sincerely wish you all the best.

Being sensitive is truly a legit issue, it's really not so easy to just "grow some balls" and to just "snap out of it."

I wish it were that easy.[/quote]

Wow, new poster here.  I could have written the OP and the bolded above from another poster.  
On the outside you would NEVER know this.  I am a 40 year old mom with 3 kids, a successful job, many good friendships, ton of acquaintances.   But on the inside I have this constant anxious dialogue in my head.  I worry each time someone doesn't return a text within 10 minutes---often even with good friends.  I can have a brilliant time at a gathering and then be  haunted afterwards because I perceive that I said one stupid thing.  I know in my head that THIS IS INSANE thinking.  But I just can't seem to turn if off.  It tortures me.  Literally.  I can't rationalize myself out of it. 
The only thing that helps is medication for anxiety.  When it gets particularly bad I've gone on 6 months or so of an SSRI or SNRI.  The drugs just stop the obsessive, irrational thinking and my brain doesn't go there anymore.  I can generally go off the meds for a year or more and slowly the anxious thought patterns come back and I end up going back on.  
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