I'm not sure if this belongs in here, so if you clever mod-bods want to move it then feel free!

My problem is that I think I worry way too much! Especially about people that I love or care about a lot. For instance a few years ago I was due to meet up with my boyfriend at the time. I went to his house to meet and he wasn't there, so I called his mobile and he didn't answer. I immediatley panicked and imagined him mugged, beated up, dead in a ditch etc. I was in floods of tears out of nowhere and I couldn't calm down. I just can't relax and think "ok, well, maybe he has left his phone at home" ect. I always jump to the worst possibly senerio. Turns out he was fine all along - he had indeed left his phone at home and was sitting in the pub waiting for me.
I can't stop acting like this even though I know that it is really unhealthy and completly irrational. A few days ago, my boyfriend went on a short break with his family. He usually texts me a few times a day so by 2pm I was in a right state because he hadn't text me. I couldn't stop thinking that he had had an accident or something. I was even checking local news websites to see if there had been any crashes on the roads or something! Of course, there wasn't and he was fine.
It's not just romantic relationships that this happens in. I always worry if my Dad is slightly late to meet me...thinking that something had happened to him as well. I used to worry insanely that he would get cancer or something horrible.
I know that this isn't right and not healthy and to be honest I have actually never admitted this to anyone. I just have to pretend that I'm not bothered when my mind is going crazy!
Does anyone have any advice - I thought that this would get better as I got older but I think it's getting worse!
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Thanks!