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.
I'm really needing advice right now. The past 3 days I've suddenly felt so overwhelmed by my thoughts even though I was doing much better for like a week. I'm struggling so bad with just feeling very down, anxious, and all around just bad in general. I'm usually pretty good at keeping myself maintained, but today I'm just not and I have to work my job today. What do I do? I've already texted the crisis text line and told my boyfriend what's happening. I have a therapy appointment on Tuesday, but I gotta get myself to that point. I just really need some good advice and help right now.
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?
Idk if other people can relate to this because I’m also terrible at explaining my thoughts and feelings sometimes, but basically in the span of a month a bunch of really awful things have happened; my dog of 10 years died, my dad who I have a really bad relationship with started having severe seizures and doctors can’t find the cause of them but they’ve left me on edge all the time wondering if he’s about to have one again, my panic attacks have come back and even though they’re probably caused by the stress, they also just add to it. Now my moms stressed because her jobs been angry she’s been missing so much work and she’s the one who brings in all the money for our family because my mental health since shortly before the pandemic has been bad and I haven’t been able to work and my dad also has mental health issues so he’s on disability which for fellow Canadians you might know that you’re barely given any money to survive especially when inflations so bad. I’ve just felt like the world is against me and I get this terrible existential anxiety like maybe this IS a simulation and I’m being tortured for somebody’s entertainment. I know that sounds insane but it’s just so exhausting and it’s one thing after the other. I’m scared that maybe I’m meant to just never have a happy peaceful life
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