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Regular 7.5h. Dreamed something off I think(not a nightmare but leaving bad feeling when I wake still,like a worry)- but grounded in my morning routine and now I can't even remember what it was 😌
More and more students being referred to me because my ESL students really love me(and have started improving their grades consistently)- it's heartwarming.
First off, I'm really sorry you're struggling. But let me just say 2 things.
One, I'm 37 and spend a lot of the last decade feeling like this and got to my lowest point in 2024. I had gone to college and had the college experience, I just messed up a lot after and ended up beyond broke and in...
Yes, actually. For many years, fireworks. I have heard that can be a thing for veterans or I suppose if related to bombs makes sense... but for me for many years it made no sense. Anyway, funny thing is, I spend a year and a half making changes in my life that gradually pulled me out of at least...
Oh boy. Really did not think this would spark the debate it has. I see both sides of the coin, and I suppose that as someone seeing only the threads I post that could be fair assesment, but that is rarely the full picture.
@Survivor3 I both understand what you are saying an I don't. Am I...
I am so beyond okay I no longer remember okay. I keep thinking I can't do worse, but as it turns out, you always CAN. There are always 10 crises at the same time and I have a handle of 2 or 3 at the same time. It's just never a good moment for this, but there is certainly a worse one. And having...
Thank you! That is super useful. I read something about antihistamines on google but had no idea if it actually works. It's also not expensive (since it's meant for allergies). I'm not saying it's ideal, but in a pinch would be useful to have a tool until I have an alternative. I found the exact...
I know people tend to be very divided on medication. I tend to be optimistic. I think of it as a tool you use to function better while you work on improving. The first one I took didn't do enough, but it did enough to get me to be calm enough to actually make improvements in my life. Later on, I...
I feel like I am caught in the catch 22. I have admitted I need help, but before I did I had to cruise on so little for so long that my budget is wrecked. Which means every week my budget is killed by debt I can't postpone. If I were able to start medication, in 4-8 weeks possibly I could start...
I don't even have the energy to say it.
But something hard is happening this week that may extend months- but the worst is the coming 2 weeks.
And it's already serious enough without additions on it. And the anxiety is already peak.
But then, trying to work through it, it actually triggered...
I just feel like I've been on this journey forever and I've just dug myself deeper into a hole. And every time it feels like it can't be worse, somehow I manage. So all the positive just drowns into that. Like by the time I'm actually better I may get myself into actual legal trouble or actual...
Relief Remedy is expensive here... well, for me anyway. I'll look in the rest. I know the relief it temporary, but at times my anxiety is so high, that to do any of the actions required to improve and heal, I first need to be calmer... sort of a catch 22 thing. The first time I ever really...
Is there anything that worked for you with panic attacks specifically? I've tried Xanax before but I don't have recipe currently. So I was wondering if there is anything natural that could help enough (compared to 0.5mg Xanax for example).
I am really not okay. I'm so not okay all my needs are dysregulated and not-functional that most of the time I don't even know where to begin.
Mental health? Home adjustment isn't enough, insurance isn't an option or helping. I try adjusting habits, using AI and books and youtube and so on to...
Oooh! That is one that happened to me a few times. Or something similar, anyway. I have been between 2 countries for a decade and a half. In a few super distressed moments, I would be somewhere outside, and I would look around and either get confused about which of the 2 countries I am in or get...
Lol yes, I agree, microwave solutions is such a good metaphor. But as you know sometimes life puts you in need of those! And if I am concentrated and diligent and persistent- I may need ONLY few weeks more of those- but I still need that.
However there are levels to this, what one can and can't...
I have several. I think it changes over time. One of the things is shaky hands when stressed, that I think is common. Sometimes when I'm so stressed that I can't accept whatever is happening, it's like a shock in my brain, almost like I'll pass out, like the world is tilting for a second, and...
There used to be something like that when I was a kid. Now it's only taken by huge companies that you need to actually drive to. And the pay is actually so insignificant I won't make anything. Thanks anyway. I think at least right now I have the bare necessities somewhat covered. It's more the...