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Is it normal?

With 25 days to go until our wedding, I constantly find myself feeling almost sick to my stomach with stress! I am so worried about forgetting something, and just nervous about how the day will play out. Has anyone else gone through this? Any tips on how to just relax?
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Re: Is it normal?

  • edited December 2011
    Hopefully someone that's actually gone through it will post. I'm a week and a half further out than you, and while I'm feeling OK right now, I was feeling that way at around the two-month mark. That's when it hit me that there was still a lot to be done. I was scrambling to get my invitations printed, assembled, and sent out at that point. Every vendor had a different amount due on a different date. My house was a mess and brimming with wedding crap everywhere.

    For me, I realized that even non-related things were adding to my stress and I was avoiding everything, so I tackled everything all at once. I spent some time every night cleaning my house, as well as addressing invitations and paying off all the vendors that I could well ahead of time. It felt kind of crazy to be raking my backyard while I was worrying about hotel blocks and wedding invites, but it really helped calm me!
  • edited December 2011
    Totally normal. I think everyone experiences some levels of anxiety and stress as the day approaches. Try taking one whole weekend where you do NOTHING wedding related. Spend the weekend with your FI, friends, or family and enjoy their company without it being centered around wedding talk. Take a day just for you. Go get a pedicure, or massage. Or something that makes you happy. Also, I know it's hard to hear this. But try and remember that the day won't be perfect. Things will go wrong that you can't control, but you will need to be able to roll with it. No matter what, at the end of the day, you'll be married!
  • juliebug1997juliebug1997 member
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    edited December 2011
    Breathe.  In.  And out.  Repeat. 
  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_normal?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:c3c25bf9-b292-43f6-a328-03a17bf45c5aPost:8671a7a8-f7ff-4eb7-b348-a5375b3f1ae0">Re: Is it normal?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Breathe.  In.  And out.  Repeat. 
    Posted by juliebug1997[/QUOTE]

    hahaha... I've been doing this! I'm worried I'm going to hyperventilate.
  • lesalyriclesalyric member
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    edited December 2011
    Totally normal. I took the day of our rehearsal and hung out with friends all day - went to lunch, got pedicures, laughed. I rolled into the rehearsal and dinner completely relaxed and just let that carry through the night and the wedding day. It really helped.
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  • juliebug1997juliebug1997 member
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    edited December 2011
    Leslie,
    Two days before the wedding, I did mani/pedis with my mom and MOH.  We went out with just our parents, even though his didn't want to.  The next day, we delivered some stuff to our reception site but that was about it.  I was glad that I had organized everything so that the last couple of days weren't stressful at all. 
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