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I always like to remind myself of how insignificant everything is to begin with. Like next Thursday while you’re working on something for school or your job and you’re thinking about what you’re gonna have for dinner, and contemplating about classes for next semester- will last Saturday have mattered? If riding the bus alone was a little scary but you forgot about it at the club, and if the club was a little stressful but you felt better when you got home- will it have all been worth the sleepless night? How about a week from Thursday when you have other things to handle? Or this coming August? It’s all sooooo very insignificant, and I too struggle with remembering the thing that I have to do that’s making me dread life- are laughably insignificant in the long term. (Sometimes even short term).
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Bless you leah you always have such wise words to say! You're right. Next week it won't matter to me although if I act awkward I do tend to re play the whole situation again and again in my head - as for the sleep, I know if I don't sleep I really really will have a shit time so I know I need to sleep
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Aw no worries!❤️❤️ I TOTALLY feel you. It’s just like 35% of my day is just replaying awkward things I’ve said/done throughout my entire life. That everyone else has literally no memory of, or time in their life to think about haha. And I so feel the club thing too. I remember going out with my friends used to stress me out so much, but if it was someone’s birthday I’d feel bad about not going too! Yes, please do get adequate sleep! But don’t be worried if you can’t fall asleep, that won’t help the situation. Just remember whatever happens it will always be okay. Little sleep? Okay. Stressful bus ride? Okay. Awkward at party? Not a single person has space in their day to think about it. It’s a thing, that you will do, that will end- and life will continue! Maybe try to let loose while you’re at it:)
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Bless you, you're such a lovely person! Thank you for your words of wisdom! May God bless you xx
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That is so sweet, thank you so much! Much appreciated?❤️
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Just ask your self do you want to go out with your friends if the answer is yes then just repeat 'I would like to go with my friends' if not then dont
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I don't want to but I have to because I promised
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I will feel shit the whole time because I hate clubs but I'll feel like a good friend when I've recovered
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If I don't go I'll feel upset and like I'm a bad friend
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So I have no choice, I'm going what ever, but I need someone to tell me coping mechanisms or something with stress like this
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Just drink ? sorry if this isnt helpfull try and turn a bad situation into a good one
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Lol imma have to before I leave the house or I'm never ganna cope but I bet I'll get pickled
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Ha
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I’m going to a waterpark with my friend in a few days. And I have very severe harm OCD that causes me to worry I’ll touch someone inappropriately. This is going to sound so fucking silly but because my hips moved during a hug one time I’m afraid I’m gonna fucking thrust on someone (bruh wtf lol) and anytime I walk by someone my hips will move a bit or my leg will stretch out too far when I’m walking and I’ll feel like I fucking like it. And I’ll think I was just trying to do a thrust or something (it sounds silly when I type it out and to be fair it is lmao) and I’ll freak out. I honestly don’t know what to do. I feel like a fucking psycho.
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2 days ago I decided that I will do my bloodtest, last time i was in 2017 and for some reason when i stood up I started to feel dizzy and I couldnt see anything, I didnt fainted but i was close to it,the nurses quickly layed me down, and then i was fine, but the whole day my body was shaking. I was afraid of blood test, and i always avoided it, but my health anxiety got worse cause i was afraid everytime that i have cancer but i cant check it cause im afraid of bloodtests. This year i had to do other medical tests and now they asked me to do bloodtest too, and 2 days ago i said okay this week i will face this fear. And i felt excitet, motivated and happy that finally i will face my fear. I did not cared if i faint cause it might not happen but if does I can handle it, i will feel good after i wake up. But someone after some hours, the fears came up, and i wanted to face them (cause people say you need to challenge the thoughts) so i tried to challenge them and find ways that i will handle those scenarios, but after time i got stressed cause i didnt know how to respond. If i faint and then vomit and feel sick and vomit alot of times cause im also panicking to the point they have to take me to the hospital... this jist scared me. I dont know how to handle that panic. The body will react to the blooddrown so either way i will feel bad. And im afraid of it and I cant deal with that fear.I dont know what to do if i will feel sick the whole day, if i will vomit the whole day and faint because of stress. This might be catastrophising but now these thoughts comes up, if i imagine myself being there and getting my blood drawned, i imediatelly feel the panic and these scenarios come up and then i dont know what to do so i just panic... Last night i asked help from others and it helped that some said that its pretty rare that you will vomit after blooddrawn, people who do are sick already or they are really scared. And this made me feel good but then i read about it and i found out that its pretty common that people faint, or vomit or fo both after blooddrawn... and now im just thinking about not going... i cant deal with it cause idk what to do. Breathing techniques didnt worked for me, if im panicking and i try to relax by breathing, i get more stressed cause my brain knows i do it to calm down and the panic is a danger so i get more panic... idk what to do.
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