I feel you, prolonged unrelenting stress is a killer
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Wednesday 19th February 2025
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Ugh… Reality is creeping in. I was somewhat positive for T1 this year in my attempts to turn it all around and make up for my garbage performance since day one (years ago) of this hell I signed up for…
Nope. Gave myself massive overwhelm yesterday which I always find weirdly fascinating. I mean I’ve been all manners of stressed yayaya (for periods of time) over this years over different things that I associated with just being me. That constant hyper alertness which I always just put down to the good old highly strung, (yep, RIP amygdala), you know SOP (which becomes one of those horrible self-perpetuating things). Sorry, brain dump, back to the overwhelm… which doesn’t usually get to that point or happen very often.
I just wonder about it though… I used to think it was mainly contained in the echo in my skull, but these days flight just feels so visceral. A real, strong physical gut feeling, I don’t want to do that. They say you can’t always believe the story your mind tells you, and I tend to think (like my great procrastination skills) I make a mountain out of mole hill, start doing it, and yeah, it’s never that bad or I should have started/done this earlier.
Looks like I might be back to cold water/partial icing the way I’m going.
Okay, partial meltdown and being overly dramatic in progress. Moving along. Nothing else to see here…
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 days ago
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I feel this, but my thoughts processes are more trauma based.
I’m sorry you’re struggling mentally, it’s so painful and irritating. I can’t tell you how to overcome them, but I do know that you got it in you to surpass those poo-thoughts. The amygdala is part of the reptilian (lizard) brain, and is one of the oldest parts of our brains evolutionary wise. It detects and reacts to threats, real or perceived, in order to protect us. These days, with our current society, there are less “bodily” threats (like being eaten by a predator for eg), but it does still react the same. It sometimes helps me to meditate, like sit quietly with those thoughts and feelings, recognise them as part of my “human-ness” and thank that lizard brain for protecting me. Often I can get then calm down enough to re-engage the “logical” high thinking parts of my brain and sort of “logic” my out of that feeling of being overwhelmed. “Meditating” often takes the form of self-care for me, like filing and painting my nails, or having a shower. Anything to “groom” or “preen” myself. I’m sorry I can’t help you get those freaky thoughts out of your head, but I do know in my heart that you have it in you to succeed, in whatever you put your effort and mind to! I believe in you, and you always have us, the DT, to vent to! 💜💜 Sending you all my love and good vibes! 💜💜💜