First, there are “what ifs” that are plausible but either unlikely or irrelevant now (“What if I become ill?”; “What if I lose my job, even though I’m getting good feedback?”; “What if I stop loving ...
What if I mess this up? What if something goes wrong? What if they say they like me, but they don't? Do you get thoughts like these? Of course, you do. We all go there. When "what ifs" like those ...