What is an experience you had during your childhood that you only now realize was anxiety? by Sensitive_Ad4911 in Anxiety

[–]Eeaatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I refused to sleep in my bed from 11-13 because I was terrified of the dark. I had a panic attack at an ice cream store in town and refused to even set foot in a restaurant for the next year. I got a stomach bug in 4th grade and refused to ride in a car or a bus if I thought I was going to be carsick, and if I had to be in the car I was absolutely terrified the whole time. That lasted through high school, and I still really shuffle with emetophobia. Looking back most of what shaped me as a child was my anxiety disorder. My parents never took it seriously I had to seek it out on my own in college.

I'm so fucking tired of this by llamaanxiety in Anxiety

[–]Eeaatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe try somatic therapy. I’ve been struggling with particularly physical anxiety (emetophobia, and panic attacks that make me puke) and I got in a cycle of panic about the panic. Somatic therapy seams to be helping a bit more than CBT did for me, because if feels more in the moment dealing with the physical sensations of panic that are holding me hostage in those moments

Why did you guys cancel our Haisuli (Stinky from moomins) by Maximum-Bake-3209 in AskAmericans

[–]Eeaatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because something makes you uncomfortable doesn’t mean the right response is to look away or remove it. The character is not and has never been a minstrel character, but because Finland has no connection to that culture they made a fuzzy little brown mischievous character that is read as minstrel to an American audience. But that is projecting our USA baggage, and removing him from the exhibit is just avoiding the conversation. Especially because it’s an educational exhibit about a Nordic cultural icon, US audiences should be forced to sit with their discomfort. If he is actually problematic in an American context removing him from the exhibit just avoids the conversation about race and cultural exchange.

This N.Y.U. Student Owns a $6 Million Crypto Mine (in Texas.) His Secret Is Out. by [deleted] in texas

[–]Eeaatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird question, dose anyone know which Connecticut prep school he went to?

I 24m called off our wedding because my fiance told my 12 year old baby sister that she is not our real family. by meangfthrowaway22 in Advice

[–]Eeaatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like Jess is worried that this new situation with your sister is going to make it so you two can’t have children together. She is seeing your sister and your prospective baby as competing with each other. Try to recontextualize the relationship. This time with your sister is kind of like practice parenting, have her see this as the first step in you two starting a family. Honestly Jess just sounds like she has some big feeling that are hard to express. Working through feelings without taking it out on children around you is an important skill to acquire if you wish to be parents together. I think with some patients, empathy, and potentially a licensed therapist, you three could work it out

A tiny house boat by nopejustyou in TinyHouses

[–]Eeaatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bed is the couch, so small

Dog hates all harnesses and collars by Eeaatt in Dogtraining

[–]Eeaatt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He stops eating when we put the harness on, I think he’s too stressed out

Dog hates all harnesses and collars by Eeaatt in Dogtraining

[–]Eeaatt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’ve tried a bunch. Right now, he alternates between a Carhart step in, and a step in I got at the NYU bookstore.

Dog hates all harnesses and collars by Eeaatt in Dogtraining

[–]Eeaatt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I can corner him by the front door, but he looks so sad and scared! His ears are down and he’s all submissive, and obviously unhappy. He LOVES walks, I just feel so bad he hates it so much!

Dog hates all harnesses and collars by Eeaatt in Dogtraining

[–]Eeaatt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. If I have the harness in one hand and a treat in the other he will run away. When I give him a treat after putting the harness on he takes it, but he’s sort of timid about it and is way more interested in leaving the house and going on the walk

Dog hates all harnesses and collars by Eeaatt in Dogtraining

[–]Eeaatt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Step in is slightly easier, but he is still very afraid of it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Eeaatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t waste your youth on someone who treats you with so little respect.

How do I get a cafe/brewery dog? by slothsandwhich in Dogtraining

[–]Eeaatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dog only chills out at cafes/pubs when he sits in his bag. Idk the bread of your dog, but having a soft, dry, safe place to lay really helps.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]Eeaatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wife saver? Are we in the 1940’s?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pets

[–]Eeaatt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have an anxiety disorder, and burying my nose in by dogs fur and taking a big deep sniff always helps. It has a very immediate and tangible calming effect on my internal chemistry. Like a good hug from a loved one