# When things are going well, I get anxious and even panicky

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-things-are-going-well-i-get-anxious-and-even-panicky/712751>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 15, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-things-are-going-well-i-get-anxious-and-even-panicky/712751 "2015-02-15T22:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-things-are-going-well-i-get-anxious-and-even-panicky/712751/1 "2015-02-15T22:13:48Z")

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Is this how it is for a lot of people?

I’m starting to wonder if it’s pathological.

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**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-things-are-going-well-i-get-anxious-and-even-panicky/712751/2 "2015-02-15T22:37:47Z")

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Yes, for lots of people. Could be Generalized Anxiety Disorder, which can have anxiety triggered by some real incident (but to an unreasonable degree) or by nothing at all. It’s treatable. Is your anxiety severe, does it last for a while (days, weeks, months)?