I'm the same way! My parents always tell me I think too much but it's impossible not too! I am planning on studying abroad in Denmark or Sweden, but only for a year, and the wait is killing me, and I'm excited but nervous because I'm American and yeah, America is kind of a sucky country compared to western Europe. My mom is very anti-American because when she was growing up all the Americans who came to visit Sweden were so obnoxious. :/

I hope you enjoy it if you do go! I have a lot of problems with anxiety but I think it's worth taking the risk.