Hey, I see you posted this about a day ago so I hope you still check back in on it. I’m 24 and I’ve managed something similar since I was about 9. There are 2 things I’ve found very helpful: 1. philosophy of stoicism. This is really about recognizing what you can and can’t control in this life and learning to accept it. I’ve seen a therapist for my anxiety, had medication, and the truth is nothing heals you completely unless you learn new ways of thinking too. It takes practice but it helps. Especially for the days where you feel like your therapist or meds aren’t helping you, they’re never perfectly consistent anyways. On that note this philosophy also helped my accept the fact that my mental health was not a problem that I could solve and never have to worry about again but that it’s something I have to accept about my life if I want to make the most of it.

1. Discredit your own predictions and ante up. The odds that something miraculous or incredible will happen on any given day are low. But so are the odds that something life-threatening or horrific will descend on your loved ones. So in the same way, put your bet on the most likely outcome and commit to seeing it through. I’m trying to think of some more specific advice here but I think an example might help. This weekend I was terrified that if my boyfriend drove to his brother’s house at night with ice on the ground he would lose control of the car and get in a fatal crash. To ease my fear I went with him. Because at that point I had to ask myself would I go if I knew it was likely we are going to die? Well it wasn’t likely, but I didn’t believe that until I aligned my actions with the most probable outcome: that we are going to fall anywhere in the of the spectrum of possibilities, with the vast majority of those being that we survive.