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creative_writerSenior Contributor
I'm feeling very overwhelmed with the amount of work I need to do, and yet, I'm window shopping tea online because I can't get myself to work on my assignments. I feel like my mind is jumping from one thing to another. i just don't want to do what I did last semester, leaving assignments at the last moment was very stressful. I feel like a failure. I get a surge of intrusive thoughts when I study
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Ru-beeModerator
Hey @creative_writer I'm here with you. Good on you for reaching out already, is there anything else that usually helps when you start to feel anxious?
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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Ru-beeModerator
Yeah I hear you, @creative_writer I do similar things and sometimes a couple minutes of deep breathing works like a charm, other times it's way harder to shake. Sometimes I find it helps to try to observe my anxiety, sort of trying to step back from it a little bit and acknowledge the thoughts and the feelings without being caught up in them. They're still there but they don't feel as powerful, if that makes sense? I don't know if that's something that could help here, again, sometimes it works better than others, sometimes I just need to wrap myself in a blanket and ride it out
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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Ru-beeModerator
Yes, absolutely @creative_writer it can be really difficult to shift that inner narrative, but boy it makes such a different when we do. You are all of those things (survivor, worthy, resilient) and I hope that you're able to keep telling yourself that whenever those other thoughts creep in.
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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rav3nSenior Contributor
hey @creative_writer how's your week going 😊
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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rav3nSenior Contributor
oo love a good hyper focus state when there's work to be done!! @creative_writer
ahh yep, definitely normal to feel exhausted after talking about such heavy stuff, do you a post-therapy activity that you usually do? i literally keep 2-3 hours after therapy free just to re-energise sometimes.
yikes! is this the same eye infection from last week that's gotten worse? glad the viral infection's gone down, hopefully tomorrow's doc visit helps with the eye!!
i went to specsavers to retrieve my glasses, went to the toilet where i hooked the specsavers bag behind the toiler door. forgot about the bag and went to get food. when i was ready to leave, i suddenly remembered and rushed back to the toilets but it was gone. went to the customer service centre and THANK goodness someone had given it to them... they were $400+ worth glasses so i was so sure someone had stolen it (although it would be useless on them since it was prescription glasses). this lowkey restored my faith in humanity haha, so i'd say today was kind to me. hope it's kind to you too 💗
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creative_writerSenior Contributor
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