and your capacity for growth are actually much stronger than your anxious it probably feel like that most of the time For the anxious mind a flood of worry can rise in a matter of minutes sweeping you away to a place where what began as a passing thought becomes in your head an absolute truth If you watch your thoughts carefully you will catch yourself jumping to extremes and generalizations Imagine you get a ticket for a minor fender bender and then you have the thought if they sue Anxiety quickly evolves that thought into are going to sue Or say you get some negative feedback at work and have the thought boss sees problems with my work Anxiety steps in and the thought becomes going to get fired Or you realize your mom returned your phone calls and you wonder why Anxiety turns wondering into must have had an accident Or you realize your partner returned a text all day and you worry partner care about me anymore quickly followed by leaving This pattern of taking one small worrisome thought to an extreme can also be initiated by a physical heart is beating fast I must be having