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Yes @Bow

I do relate to this. I suffer anxiety. But I don't think this is entirely the answer.
Today I was very irritated. I think my sleep has been odd. Nightmares. But I sleep. Then fall asleep in the day. I'm unsure why.

Do you loose interest in usual activities?

@Former-Member Yes, have lost interest a bit. My moods have been really low, don’t have much motivation really, got to force myself to do thing some days.

I can relate to this @Bow

😔

Good morning @Bow Wishing you a better day. I'm focused. Took a walk. Was very aware of my surroundings.

Possibly what you are experiencing is related to past trauma processing it's way out?
Just a thought. Have a good day. 🙂

Interesting thought @Former-Member ..... hmmm

Hey @Bow

So I've noticed in your message you say it's been in the past few weeks you've become aware of and agitated by the sounds of background noise. Are you able to sit and think for a moment if anything has happened the past month that's had an impact on you? Is there something that's been on your mind a lot?

For me, I've found that if I haven't been able to recognise or acknowledge my feelings about a situation it tends to start showing up as anger in other areas of my life. Being able to process emotions has always been a challenge for me, and I've relied heavily on anger to coax though life. However, I now realise that a lot of the time when I'm angry about something, I'm usually angry about something else entirely. If you can sit with the anger and ask yourself where it's coming from, what prompted it, what's behind it, and try to find the underlying cause it might help.

I've also learned that because I carry a lot of stress and tension around as it is, I can become agitated quite easily by things that typically wouldn't bother someone else. If your stress bucket is already full of sh*t, it's not going to take much to tip the scales.

Hope this helps.

Oh lots has happened @saltandpepper and yep, haven’t processed any of it. I guess that would make sense then.

Thank you

It's pretty interesting why it all happens. I think I get super stressed @Bow

Do you have a diagnosed condition you are questioning?

No worries @Bow if you're comfortable talking about what's going on, I'm happy to listen

@Former-Member and @saltandpepper I wouldn’t say I have anything diagnosed at the moment. In the past when dealing with some childhood trauma I was diagnosed with a lot of different things, mild schizophrenia, BPD and severe depression. I had a good 10yrs, no meds, was stable and all.

i left a horrible marriage 3 years ago, haven’t really worked through any of that and feel like that’s all just come to a head when divorce was finalised and everything very recently. I’ve also just moved house which has been really stressful, had to make some difficult decisions, I did a lot of the move myself cause my dad is terminally ill and my mum is aging too, even though I had a perfectly able brother. A lot of other losses over recent years and just coming to terms with where I am at in life and not liking it at all.