I have had so much happen in my life this past week from losing a very close family friend, to having to put my dog down today, to now my boss stressing me out and sometimes I wish I never took this internship and I cant get out of it. I don’t know what to do anymore sometimes I just want to give up. Today I went and took photos to destress with a friend and came back home and had a pain attack it was not fun. Any tips?
My stress is all over place - from ocd episodes with constant racing thoughts , to me getting so worked up about inability to drive , to me over analyzing relationship with crush and not feeling confident enough due to low self esteem /social anxiety stress - pursuing a new routine - to work stress . But you’ve obviously been going way worse than what I am . I am sorry for ur loss :/ just know ur not alone . This stuff is temporary.
Breathe. Inhale exhale. Repeat
Its sounds like theres a lot of stress for you right now. Personally when I'm stressed I just go to my room, put in my earbuds and just let it all out. It helps a lot just to cry sometimes, so dont be afraid to
Crying it all out feels so good
I am so sorry you're experiencing this pain. It sounds like you have a lot on your shoulders. My biggest tip here is to give yourself some grace. Give yourself permission to cry and have feelings. You're a human, and even neurotypical humans would have a tough time with what you're going through. Having OCD on top of everything is just simply unfair. If you haven't reached out to a therapist already, I really think this would be incredibly beneficial. You don't have to go through this alone.
On my way home I had one of the worst panic attacks I’ve had in my entire life. I was driving Home from my peer support specialist class which is a bit far from me, my whole body was tingling, my heart beating really fast, and my whole body felt like it was going to give out and I would faint. I made it home thank God but I’m worried that these panic attacks will make it so I can’t do my job at work. I am going through a meditation change right now as I mentioned before. This has all been affecting me so much 😢
Feeling so helpless! This anxiety is causing me to be so stressed to the point where I can’t eat or sleep. I’m so exhausted. Can anyone provide tips on what helps calm you down?
Not trying to play the pity party here but struggling a bit. I haven’t posted on here in over a month and for the most part, I’ve been somewhat out of an OCD flare and living normally (yay). I ran across a few Tik toks of doctors (psychiatrists) who are against SSRI’s and anxiety medicine. Well, as someone who takes them, this sent me down the rabbit whole. I despise taking medication and putting medicine in my body actually is really hard for me as this is one of the themes I obsess about (Is the medicine doing more harm that good. Am I going to become dependent. Etc). It just made me feel like a weak person and I wish I could handle my mental health issues holistically. Maybe I can one day but for now, I am not sure. Just asking for your thoughts and prayers because I feel like I’m going back into a flare when I have been out of one for so long. It’s the worst feeling. My dog passed away a few days ago and I believe the stress from that is adding to it 😓
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