Recognizing Anxiety
There are lots of posts regarding anxiety, and while some things are clearly anxiety to me (nerves/dread before a presentation, for example), I experience other things which I cannot classify and am wondering if some of you can help.
The thing I experience is - many nights as I am trying to fall asleep, my brain serves up painful or scary moments from my life over and over, like a skipping record. Sometimes these moments are drinking horrors, but sometimes they had nothing to do with my behavior - for instance, once I saw a loose dog tear out into the street and get suddenly hit by a car. Terrible moment and obviously impactful - but why does my brain insist on reliving these kinds of moments?
Is this also anxiety? Help! Just want to make it stop!