what stresses you and what do you do to relieve stress
Being around people. Especially people I dont know. Its kinda weird because I didnt use to be this way
Usually I prepare myself by meditating or exercising before meeting people or going in public
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My voices and my family stress me but I don’t know how to relieve it.
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My family stresses me out too. My friends provide me comfort though but my family stresses me out in so many ways.
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My lack of work ethic stresses me. I have work to do but I just slack off, doing irrelevant internet stuff, which just happens to relieve the stress but doesn’t give me any progress.
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Money troubles stress me a lot.
When I’m in school, I get really stressed about trying to do well enough and showing that I’m trying.
I don’t know how to relieve stress, sometimes it helps me to talk it over with someone who can put things into perspective.
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Sex talks men to men and worrying about money.
all kinds of things, this disease throws at me, inside not outside is where the problems come from
because the problem comes from inside, i need to get the brain chemistry right, so i use supplements like l-theanine and anxiolytics like hydroxyzine, ativan and even seroquel on occasion
i maintain hope that i can do the things which used to fulfill me, like reading and going to school, but that may never happen for me, as my memory is very short
i had a therapist who told me sz is a full time job (managing it).
i think this is true with all forms of mi
its not a background thing for me at all, it IS me, my very life is defined by it, and the genetic disease which causes it is as much a part of me as the color of my skin
i realize it exists in every cell of my body
it IS who i am, qnd it is who i always have been since the moment of conception
so, as things stress me out and get better and worse, i always realize that that is there
i may never get better, but im managing as it is right now
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your therapist ais right, sz is a full time job
i dont want it to get worse. i dont want to get hurt.
these are my constant sources of stress, these thoughts increase stress hormones like cortisol
i have emotional spikes, i will take l-theanine right now and try and jog
i have to maintain a strictly regimented schedule for physical things, eating drinking sleeping and exercising, maybe a bit of interaction with people to base me in reality
my mind is not healthy or normal, but controlling these things and living a low stress life helps
interacting with others is damning stress even for normal people
so i have to keep it nice and simple, and do these things at my own pace and when i feel like it
i also have a nose for danger, whether or not fighting a particular battle might lead to me being destabilized or even collapsing altogether
its a survival game right now, and i might be able to cope if it changes, but certainly not if it gets worse
even in absolute freedom and comfort, unless you turned off my brain, i would still feel bad emotions and stress
the most stressful thing, i would say, is not completely understanding whats going on all the time
Going out in public stresses me out. I deal with it by staying home most of the time.
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i need to be out in nature sometimes, if anything, because doing desirable behaviors raises my status in my family, and when they don’t treat me like a wasteman at home, my mental health is like 40% better
if you look nice, people smile at you and talk nice to you, and that can be good if you suffer from paranoia, because when people frown and glare, or even ignore, that feels bad and compounds the bad feelings, and then you end up becoming distrustful and even paralyzed, and people will begin to treat you even more contemptuously
you = me
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even if you spend 3 hours a day ■■■■■■■ practicing calligraphy, they cannot call you a lazy slob, even if they take no interest in anything you do, even better yet, if you never really produce anything of value, as a busybody you are unassailable
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That I can not interact with people properly. I have friends and an ok life but it has always held me back the most.
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I have it tough socially aswell…I get tongue tied when around people…I have little to talk about…I haven’t hasd friends in over 10 yrs…my social life is this websit
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Same here. I have not been able to be social for years.
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When I run out of money…and when I order something online and the delivery is late.
School, life, and work. Having loans and spending all that money and not knowing if I was going to pass any classes until the final. That was 7 years ago.
Sometimes finances stress me out. Generally we don’t do too badly, my partner and i, but every now and then we can be a bit tight. Sometimes going to work causes me stress, but once i get going i’m alright. Occasionally being around other people can be stressful also but i’m not as bad as i used to be with socialising.
Going out in public really stresses me out.
I also currently don’t work so that is stressful and frustrating at the same time.