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Anyone being angry with me.

JessyP

anger management is something I struggle with

beater.queen

me too

TattsCatsNaps

I hate conflict so much - took a long time to realise that some conflict is very positive and leads to growth ❤️

Redvelninja

what are you saying, that people aren't allowed to be angry with you?

FicklePanther

Crippling and unwelcome.

MetalheadRobb

Everyday tasks when others have not done things that they said they would

NurseyPA

Brought on alot by myself when I don't do the things I should be doing.

PhylomenaM

What should you be doing?

Kittypop

Uncertainty, instability, etc.

Denotchka

A real downer unless it's positive stress like learning something I didn't know

luminala

loud noises or more than one sound at once

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same

SourLemons

draining. a lot.

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yep so true

Amanda1993

Constant and usually about money and being people being upset with me at all

IndigoBro

24 / 7

faerywyrm

me, too!

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same

Frustrated

Being in constant pain

Minca

Worrying about your child’s life’s challenges

honeybadger76

oh I know this one so well. Am I doing enough,could I be doing something more, what if I miss something.

MustHaveThat

...all "official" things: paperwork, emails, governmental or similar appointments. 😵

Kate1985

Fear of not succeeding. Fight/flight

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same

ThunderBeetle

Constant and disabling.

Helle

My baseline mood

Pinkdreamer

Overwhelming

hydroepilepic21

Peoples opinions

LadyBrownharth

The mess. I live with 7 people and two dogs. I'm the only one cleaning and the only one in constant pain. I'm pretty sure they are only partially related. When I say something about it they all remind me of that one time that they did that one thing recently [3-5 years ago] which only increases the stresses. But if I don't clean they still won't clean and my anxiety, allergies and asthma can't handle that at all.

GooseMcDweeb

if any of those seven people are non-dependent adults then it's entirely reasonable to place boundaries for yourself before you end up completely burnt out. Some people live apart from their loved ones because it is the only way to be able to meet their own needs. If your needs are consistently unmet, perhaps look at the possibility of other living situations and their impact on your wellbeing.

JessyP

I have never had a great relationship with stress. I get insomnia at night then wait for my epileptic seizures to kick in and knock me out so I sleep, that usually happens at 4am then I wake at 12 sometimes 3pm. My body clock is totally out -.-

SecondChance

Yes

Olivebutter2236

Anxiety igniting

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same

ghostbees

Everything frfr

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same

everyanimalisFLUFFY

Living with my narcissist mother

brownhudson13

this is the one! 🙌

Musical_T

Stress for me is when I'm given a task that I know that I won't be able to give acceptable results. And then I worry about the consequences or reaction from those results.

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felt this deeply

mashed_potato

Anytime I'm not sober 😅😅

willownyx

Anything going wrong, and people getting upset at me or putting their stress on me

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yep same

unicorn

Chronic 😅

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yep

justforfun

Something I can learn to deal with. Adversity is playful competition from the universe. Keep your heads up.

Gidget

Constant it seems

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same

Kitten360

Normal

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felt

Aerial767

Everyone everything

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felt this

CharlieAlien

When others are angry around me, especially when they yell.

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Feeling like I haven't done enough

MidlightTheNightFury

My stress goes crazy about everything but the main things are to many cars making noises at once and overly full crowds on buses or anything even though buses are my favourite things it still stresses me if there ridiculously full wains screeching like morons and there parents not trying to tell them to shut up another is when people walk way way to close behind me or people walking into me that I don’t know or people being jerks that’s the main things

MidlightTheNightFury

Or people using my toys that I’m closest to but not taking a kind simple no

AstraDragon

Sensory overload

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same

Exterminator

Exsistance

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felt

sorenachy

Bills

moonlit_shiv

Anything left unfinished or uncertain

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felt

Demon

People just people. I hate having to interact with anyone other than my partner. Even my bestfriend, family, or famous people. If I am expected to talk I don't like it. I'm ok with mascots like mickey mouse or emailing my professors but anything past that is a no go.

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felt

klazikel

Tight shoulders, clenched jaw, mind racing, heart thudding, gut twisting, hands cramping, knees aching. Stress for me is physically painful.

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same

DariaFae

New things and new places... Like 20 things needing to be done in the next however many minutes... And just in general having too many different things needing to be done, Phone calls, appointments, kid, animals, car, work, school... it never ends I never have time off there's always stuff that needs done or stuff in putting off our can't do because it's the weekend or a holiday. With that in mind weekends and holidays also are very stressful in many different ways on their own. Organization 😖😱🤯 is soo difficult for me to put away clothes or dishes. It stresses me out so bad I get a migraine just thinking about it. Oh almost forgot about my main thing. Well kinda it gives me panic attacks, or I think. Driving, especially tunnels and bridges. And I live in Pittsburgh yall 🤣

Amimae

Anyone or anything needing me right now. And feeling like I'm in an enclosed space.

KhronicKoder

Doctors when they don't seem to understand what I'm actually going through

ScottishSea

Fear of letting someone down or not good enough

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same

catlover55

Exhausting

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exactly

susuwatari

Demobiling - I feel like I'm not able to function.

SecondChance

Depression

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same

SizzleNickel

Overthinking

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same

Coraciidae

School! Job! Money!

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same

CraftyMama

Kids bombarding me with things they want to do (school events, sports, birthday parties, etc) but I just can't because I don't have the transportation, money, patience, or time.

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that must be difficult

IceGoddess

Stress for me is life

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same

kay3

Mentally draining 😪

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felt

NolBigGuy

my life

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felt

SapleMyrup

stressful

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yea

tryingtohealanangel

Stress for me is....Draining

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felt

ishagurdad

feeling abandoned by the people around me, or just thinking they’ll leave me 😥

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felt

hydroepilepic21

Life

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true

FrostBadger

Constant

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felt

Bean69

My Chronically Cripplin Reality

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felt

AimeeB

Paralysis

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felt

YellowEeyore23

Being in class

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same

pinkfiregirl70

Anyone getting angry at me, people abandoning me or people leaving me or just thinking they'll leave me, people being upset with me, anything going wrong

Redvelninja

ok I'm partially confused. I get the second, third and fifth part because same but the first and fourth part I'm a bit confused about. What are you saying, that people can't get angry at you? That people aren't allowed to be upset at you?

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same

SecondChance

69th comment

Atheris

A normal state of being

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same

beater.queen

Stress is sitting in a bathtub drinking wine and doing witchy stuff bc the real world is coming down to hard and I'd like to pretend it doesn't exist 🙃

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same literally I don't drink though I'm a witch

HocusFocus

Is life.

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yep

Karmaline

Feeling like I'm a burden to everyone around me while being told that I'm not, but after being hurt so many times I don't believe the words anymore.

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same

Samlovesham

Calories.

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felt

PhoenixValkyrie

A part of life

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felt

Kadair

Feeling this currently because of my brother. BPM hits at 102-124 at least two to three times daily. Plus having dissociative episodes as well. Usually would go at least a year or two without having one now in the past two months I have had 4!

hydroepilepic21

Opinionated people

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felt

StephanieL

Everything in my life right now: my parents are getting older (they're in their 60s), my grandpa isn't doing well, struggling to find a job, my health issues. I got my driver's license last year after putting it off for years, which is one thing that I no longer need to stress about.

akm1612

Overwhelming

Marry_Me

Getting yelled at 😥

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same

Cars3fangirl

Getting yelled at, too much stuff to do,

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same

Songbird24

paralyzing and endless

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felt

Kadair

Overwhelming needless to say! My hair is falling out, and my anxiety is causing my episodes more frequently than normal.

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felt

Samlovesham

When someone’s tone seems off towards me. It makes me feel like I’ve done something wrong.

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felt

SarahK8

Overthinking every single situation & internalising everything, making things personal.

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felt

deardiary

being overwhelmed by homework

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same

LE95

strange but i get more stressed trying to make myself stop being stressed. 🔁🔁🔁

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felt

TattsCatsNaps

A chronic struggle that I’m getting better at dealing with. Sometimes I’m amazing at managing, other time it can feel like a slog and I feel the effects of it all over my body and mind.

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felt

Babegirl2012

I cannot stand to arque when I do I hurt so freaking bad because of the stress due to fibromyalgia

BoneDustWoman

Physically destructive. I do my best to manage it, but with ME/CFS/SEID, it wreaks havoc on me physically.

ItsSam

Exhausting

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felt

beater.queen

Immobility

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felt

KratomEater

Makes my ADHD worse.

Karlie2000

A first step toward insomnia, dissociation, and depersonalization, if I don't deal with it in a healthy way instead of just numbing it.

Evantha

Not being able to keep up working at my pace..

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same

SueLaBear

Stress for me is someone being angry. Stress for me is not being able to get work done.

bluebutterflytroupe

Is failure loss or bad things happening beyond your control

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felt

Redvelninja

I guess for me, people making me look and feel stupid for wanting to learn and wanting to grow as a person.

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felt

brownhudson13

Family 😥

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same

Blessed_Jesus_Saves

Life ...people...not being able to do things I used to do, especially when things need to get done.

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felt

LotusFlower

Stress for me is physical illnes and mental burnout.

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felt

Lavender_Rose

Debilitating recently

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same

GamerSandy

Becoming unbearable. 😥

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felt

Christie86

Stress for me is I have been in and out of the hospital through to asthma and I can't work it's hard because I don't want no one to pity me

Irelan

Pain because of my IBS. Everyday tasks that should be easy but aren't.

DavidM

A nightere

SecondChance

everyday

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felt

Scarlet9904

Stress for me is the death of me.

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felt

chels23

Stress for me is Overlord

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felt

Unicorn74

Stress for me is overwhelming

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felt

NonbinaryFinery

very systemic. I'm tired of being told to do "self-care" when the entire system is made to burn us out and then replace us.

NDbookBae

A constant in my life. I wake up stressed and go to bed stressed.

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same

LittleMissManic420

A part of my life at this point idk who I'd be with out it

yay.yay

😥

law26

Financial matters.

booklover3

Financial and I'm a people pleasure can't say no

DragonflyHKD

This is hard for me to admit because I've been keeping it a secret that I'm in credit card debt. Probably more than I'm able to pay. Since starting a new psych med a while back, I've had impulse control issues. Might need to switch to another medication if my therapist and I can't get my impulsivity under control. I also should be telling my partner and asking for help but I'm seriously ashamed of myself. I'm trying to handle it on my own.

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same

DragonflyHKD

My biggest stressors are that my doctors are struggling to figure out why every system in my body is going haywire, I'm getting sicker over time and my mental health issues and treatment have caused major impulsivity problems.

bigponzee

That post mania clarity

Possum8910

Internalized ableism

Jam_tart978

Anything loud. Anything brightly lit. The fucking sun. Anything with a texture. Paperwork. Emails. Budgeting. Bugs. WASHING UP.

Miles.For.The.Win

Overwhelming

StitchYang

Emotionally damaged no confidence in myself

EliteLexy

A pot stirrer in my mind and body

Overcomer

Is difficult, mean , rude, cold, careless attitude in a person

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