Stress

::says she, as her knuckles grow white and the veins stand out on her forehead::

Though that might just be the coffee...

It sounds utterly simplistic, but I do believe in it. And it's no more simplistic than a doctor saying, oh, well you need to take this pill to manage stress. But counseling is probably a good idea. And running, swimming, biking, anything that works up a good lather. Oh, probably that too.

That said, counseling can be really helpful (I've also never heard of specifically stress counseling, but I'd imagine it's the same as regular counseling, right?) to help you get a grasp of what's causing the anxiety, putting it into a better perspective, and best of all learning how to deal with it.

Anyway, it can't possibly HURT the situation!

(note: this is how it's pronounced, and it's probably spelt nothing like that, and I don't know what I just said)

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Stress problems are very similar to (and related to) anxiety problems. The standard fare of eating well, exercising and especially getting enough sleep are all incredibly effective ways to help. Certainly therapy/counselling aimed specifically at helping you identify what causes stress for you or makes stress worse for you would be helpful.

I have Bipolar Disorder with mixed states, which means I have a tendency to exhibit symptoms of anxiety and depression at the same time. Stress at work or in my life triggers both, so I've had to alter my daily habits to avoid some things that I know cause stress, and I've had to learn how to keep my sleep schedule under control and exercise.

I'm also treated with medication, which is a mixed bag since I am still in the awfully long period of trying different doses and meds and paying attention and figuring out with my doctor which work and which don't.

I agree that exercise as a form of therapy is very effective (and also usually has the side effect of making you look better which is also good therapy), but I don't think that someone who is self-aware enough to realize they have stress or anxiety problems really doesn't have them. A lot of my anxiety problems come from frustration with awareness of feeling depressed or anxious. As in, I wake up with racing furious thoughts about nothing at all, and I know I'm not really worried about anything, but I physically feel like I'm scared and anxious. Then I recognize it as severe anxiety and get angry or depressed because the latest round of medication and all of my exercising and trying to get enough sleep doesn't seem to be working.

One thing nobody has mentioned is a social life around people you respect. A group of friends as smart as you are can be as effective as exercise. So can an understanding lover or family member. As much as I have spent time agonizing over whether or not I'll ever be "normal" and be able to handle some things (like stress) as well as the next guy, I know there are people in my life who don't treat me any differently, and I know I'm lucky to have them.

Stressing about stupid things that are out of your control sometimes isn't exactly as it seems. You may simply feel stressed in general and single out those stupid things as targets for the way you feel in the first place. The scariest thing about depression, anxiety, stress and all that shit is that most of the effects are also causes, so problems with those feelings become self-sustaining.

If you're worried about counselling, you're normal. I can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be worried that they need help with something that seems like something they should be able to manage alone. The hardest thing is making yourself go the first time. The second hardest is sticking with it when you start to feel bad again. You're already ahead of some folks for not being afraid to ask in a forum like this one.

I hope you succeed in feeling better, and if you ever want to vent to someone who's been through the therapy and counselling and self-reflection mill, feel free to email me.

Feeling like I'm a repellant shit that no one wants to know really doesn't help, so the social stuff probably is a big issue.

I've been much calmer recently, and at least my skin's slightly better for it. It has been largely a case of forcing myself to be calmer, though, which I imagine is a poor way of dealing with it.

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I am stressed all the way to the asthenosphere down to the very core of earth.

STRESSED!

~fin~

- my fish are dying
- insane shit with landlord
- can't sleep
- muscle problems
- 3 tests today
- etc

holidays

HOLIDAYS yes
dumb shit keeping me from registering for next semester's classes
like seriously minor inconsequential shit, someone in dept. is too busy to take hold away so I can register
just found out pet-sitters can't help us when we go up to Idaho (for 3 weeks) this xmas
another wisdom tooth breaking through = pain

I was supposed to be able to register TEN DAYS ago

I accidentally slept through my 1st class today (no test fortuately but I feel like Duchess of Dipshits)

My country is quickly disembowling itself and accidentally cutting into the guts in the process, showering a spray of brown gravylike shit on all its citizens

MS is a stressor.

The individuals may die but the species will survive. (I am speaking of your fish, of course.) It would be worse if it were a puppy. Much worse.

Be that as it may (I love that phrase) I wish you good luck wrt your class registration and a swift cessation of all wisdom-related pains, followed by a soothing bout of sniffing lavender-scented something-or-other.

aw thx

nice of you

Also I am kind of glad, in a way, that the fish are dying now. I'd feel really bad if they died on our petsitters (whoever they are).

my best friend got robbed today. they took his computer and his mountain bike, ransacked his whole apartment, and even took his phone charger. and the police dept are too busy to take burglary reports.

i'm feeling extremely stressed on his behalf.

the weird thing is that for about an hour before i got an email from his dad, telling me to call my friend, i was getting acutely anxious for no apparent reason.

treatments for stress:
booze
eating too much
marijuana
going to bed at 10 pm on a saturday night!

"Ferris...I'm dying."

I was gonna bump this the other day. Fuck the week before Finals week. A lot.

could totes use a fag right now

Fuck finals week. I've been staring at my screen for hours trying to finish this fucking paper. ARGH!

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ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGH

1. Find some fingernails, preferably your own.

2. Bite them.

3. Repeat until stress goes away or you die.

man you guys hit up the free itunes new age podcasts

you will feel a little stupid at first but them new age fuckers know a thing or two about mellowing the fuck out imo

Really under a boulder with stress today.

Have been smoking so heavily at night that I wake up hardly able to breathe and feeling all panicky.

Work is starting to interfere with the stress, and it was the one place I had respite from everything.

Obviously, not smoking would be a good start. Why cant I do that? I feel compulsed/compelled. Its only 9.45am and I already have an angry sales team collague hassling me about an order completely out of my hands and I feel like my back is going to split open from tension.

Sorry to hear you're having a tough time of it, Trayce.

The thing is, I should be able to cope better with this, this is just not life-changing stupid shit I am dealing with, not really. I feel ashamed that I crack so easily.

Aw, Trayce, don't guilt yourself on top of all of this for being stressed! You've had a big, fucked-up meltdown in your life recently. It makes sense that you'd feel this way. I mean, they're totally lousy feelings, but you're not a bad or weak or foolish person for having them.

Thanks gals <3

Its the T-square cosmic cross.. thing! Its some once in a millenia astrolgical event and apparently its a game-changer (if u believe in lolstrology). Shit is going DOWN for EVERYONE, man.

I didn't realize how much stress I was carrying in my lower back. It was really hurting -- I spent a couple of 15-minute sessions every day lying on the floor with my feet elevated. Then I got past my latest work deadlines and the back pain disappeared completely.