My mind goes so easily like with a telephone call for example. I can’t deal with stress at all
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Yes. I wish I were tougher.
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Human interaction has become stressful to me.
I wasn’t like this before.
Now I even stammer sometimes.
Written communication always goes smoothly.
But verbally and face-to-face I have real issues in staying composed.
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Thanks @Andrey im not the only one. Aww its so difficult speaking to people my head goes west, mind goes spinning
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The fact that I work remotely has been a life saver. We do have audio meetings via Teams, during which I mostly listen and keep my responses as brief as possible.
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I can’t handle stress either. I’m so bad I can’t order from Amazon because I get stressed about when it’s coming and my doorbell buzzing loudly
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Yes I’m very easily stressed.
I get all muddled up when speaking to others often @Andrey
I get easily paranoid when it comes to deliveries to my home @anon29983254
Even a tiny bit of stress can make my moods and paranoia worse
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Ive regressed so much I feel like a baby I always have to be comfortable or I start to freak out
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Yes totally mate haha im same
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I feel stress constantly. Feels it’s my default
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I get stressed out easily but it may be only with certain things that don’t go my way. I can deal with doctors, or phone calls (only my doctors or relatives call me unless its a scam), going to the grocery store (sort of) but if something serious goes wrong like the occasional four day power outage, I go into survival mode. My previous work and living with five other siblings prepared me for things that would normally stress people out.
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5x siblings wow @Revv1
@Kxev i know it really sucks being stressed all the time. I get wavering amounts of stress from a 5/10 to a 10/10 and a phone call with customer service today made me off the scale stressed. Nope stressy not good
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My bank just charged me a 15 bounced check fee… Homicidal rage resulted lol
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NO I AM NOT AND HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST OTHERWISE!!!
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well when I got a flat that really stressed me out…other than that no.
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I want what your taking @jukebox
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@anon29983254 I’m on generic prolixin…fluphenazine, 10 mg, twice a day.
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I know mate and it does an awesome job but not available here in uk dam.
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For me stress isn’t linear, my ability to handle stress largely depends on my sense of fulfillment. If I feel fulfilled I am virtually immune to stress, if I feel unfulfilled a pen out of place and the stress breaks me. I am not sure how normal it is, I think it’s sort of normal for everybody but for me this dynamic is massively amplified. Either way it’s not a binary thing, it’s on a spectrum and it’s not the only dynamic playing a role, there’s also unresolved trauma which can make a massive difference in my ability to handle stressors, currently I don’t have any particularly strong lingering trauma that I can feel but stressors that play off of my sense of loss in general have become harder to deal with through the years.
I remember when I had a girlfriend, hah… nothing could stress me. It felt like living life in easy mode. It’s not just having a girlfriend of course, it’s all a matter of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the more you meet your needs the more immune from stress you become, having a girlfriend has simply always been the piece most likely to go missing for me and the difference with it for me is night and day as far as vulnerability to stress.
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@Pettyx aww im sorry you lost your gf
I know what your saying its not black and white, stress, it can have triggers and depends also on mindset the severity of it.
I have constant stress but like i say it goes from 5/10 to 10/10 depending on whats happening.
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