OsIgnis
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I am super guilty of it myself...working on it ?
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Dec 2, 2020 5:59 AM
OsIgnis
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I am super guilty of it myself...working on it ?
Viral Edit. Send me cool motivation images I can use for upcoming Positive Message of the Day posts!
dcyphers
The same can be said for stressing about something too much after it happens
DragonDragon01642
That's fantastic advice, still gonna do it tho, thanks brain
68people
Sometimes the stress forces you to prepare so you're better off for the real thing.
Leafus
Jokes on you I'll also revisit the memory of it later, many times.
bzkill
And there is plenty of time to stress about it afterwards.
aethryll
Wait till they find out some of us stress about it every 3rd night for the rest of our lives so we can live through it indefinitely
buddhafw
That's bad, but have you ever had the dream where you get up go to work all day then when you clock out, wake up and have to actually do it?
SolHSA
"Worrying is paying interest on a loan that may never come due" -- Spanish Prisoner
anengineerandacat
Recognize ahead the potential problem, put some safeguards around it; worry about it more after it inevitably occurs.
BeckyLookAtHerButt
if you never think about tomorrow it is always a surprise!
TomahawkJackson
Best description: "Trading potential unhappiness in the future for actual unhappiness in the present"
FireSolvesProblems
Great now I'm going to start getting stressed about potential getting stressed. I am an ouroboros of stress.
Warmpeanutbutter
I really needed this today, thanks for posting
OsIgnis
Trying to post one thing positive every day....it is kind of my....therapy...focusing on more positive stuff...you are welcome.
Anfalicious
My brother is constantly catastrophising. I keep asking him why he wants to feel the emotions of all the worst case outcomes rather
Anfalicious
Than deal with a shitty one when it happens from time to time.
minuteye
1/2 This is actually how anxiety disorders get reinforced. The worrying feels so bad that you start to dread your own panic, so even if the
minuteye
2/2 thing you're worrying about turns out consistently okay, the anxiety about them continues to climb, not reducing through exposure.
goodintheworld
I just consider it self-induced exposure therapy.
theMantisTobogganMD
If you are stressed about something, you should do something about it not just try to put it to the side.
DeepStateCryptoJew
I play out millions of timelines like Dr. Strange, except I just do it in my head and I can’t time travel.
wormfood
This is how I think about death. It's no use letting its inevitability ruin your life. Think about it just enough to be ready when it comes.
AnotherReplyToIgnore
The less capable your are of understanding and dealing with your problems, the more scared and desperate you become. Anxiety is ignorance.
JiffyGee
I stress more about traveling to new places the most. I have to take tums or my zofran for migraines. I hate it, but it’s not conscious.
KainWhisper
Oh God, I'm going to stress now, about the stress of the thing that's going to happen. THAT'S 3X! AHHHH!
PeanutsBiteMe
Then after you've lived through it make sure to think back on the event and stress about how it went. You can repeat this step infinitely.
taytotom83
The dutch have a saying, that goes: “Een mens lijdt het meest aan het lijden dat hij vreest”, which roughly translates to “You suffer 1/2
taytotom83
the most from the fear of suffering” and I think it ties in nicely to this. It speaks to me
Unenthusiasticmasterbation
My mom calls this “preparing herself” and does it for almost everything. Drives me nuts bc she’s stressed over everything all the time
ProfessorChaos
Life hack: Just get the stress out of the way ahead of time and then completely stop caring shortly before it actually happens.
RambunctiousLuncheons
Oh yeah. I do similar. I'm also farting up a storm under my bed covers. Someone will get the "resident evil' i laid muahaha!
RadonGaming
That's how I do everything stressful. Procrastinate, stress about leaving things last minute. Then bliss.
Kythulhu13
I wish it was that easy to just not stress about something.
Wikipedo
Just don't stress about things, and don't be poor. I mean, come on, so easy!
manymadmasks
Right? Useful as “Oh are you depressed? Just cheer up!” Ooo is THAT where I was going wrong?!
Godryc
Ok, I understand the principle. But how do you actually DO this?
OsIgnis
I am...going to assume retraining your brain...it is what I have been attempting to do
mksu
BungusAmungus
Made me lol +1
pineapplewalrus
Someone sent this to trump about covid death toll and he took it as a personal challenge
ColonKoala
This is insanely fitting
ioncewBaroness
Unfortunately I would love to only be put through it twice. 6or7 times for simple things never-ending on major
DeltaLaw
Same. Covid and, well, the current world state have upped my anxiety and made it worse too. I swear I wasn't always like this?
ioncewBaroness
Since 1st grade for me. At least that's the first memory I have of it
KurtHamster
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me...
BootsNCatsNBootsNCatsN
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
Rogermooreseyebrow
I've got the shape of an L on my forehead
ballisticsreport
she was looking kinda dumb with her finger and her thumb
Lokenessluke
In the shape of an L on her forehead
ManyManyMothers
WELL
thatlookslikeadick
The years stop comin and the stop bumming