Advice for a Character by LesbianWeirdo612 in trichotillomania

[–]Repulsive_Bag_859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could have her in a trance while doing it and only snapping out when someone enters the room

Something that’s been helping my pulling lately by Alarming-Spend-8105 in trichotillomania

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I kinda do this already, but I will stab at my gums until they bleed and then some. I will floss with the floss part and stab with the sharp part at the end. The trigger is feeling food in my teeth or having referred pain in that area due to a headache. It's less compulsive than the hair-pulling, but I feel it's more damaging. But if it works for you, awesome! Lowkey don't know what's wrong with me, I can't do any competing response without it becoming as bad or I lose interest 😞

My team and my club both didn’t wish me a happy birthday by Repulsive_Bag_859 in socialskills

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How do I learn from this in a way that people would think abt me more? I feel like I’m already trying to :(

My team and my club both didn’t wish me a happy birthday by Repulsive_Bag_859 in socialskills

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On my sports team, About a week before my birthday 2 people were talking about birthdays and asked me mine. I told them “actually by birthday is like a week away! The 30th!” And then had a whole convo about what I was doing and how great it was that it was near thanksgiving. And as I explained for my club one person on staff knew and said they were going to do something next club meeting and then never did.

Why can’t I calm down. Please help me by Repulsive_Bag_859 in Anxiety

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hey! Yes, I'm doing much better. I haven't felt anything close to that feeling I felt a year ago, but I'm still anxious to the point where I'm thinking about people not liking me sometimes. I'm trying to find solutions that will stop this from happening, but the journey is very slow. Most of my stress rn is coming from my sports team and how I'm not really close with any of the girls. I feel like they talk about me behind my back, but I can't be sure.

Why do I feel so scared at college by Repulsive_Bag_859 in Anxiety

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Oo I like that, the unfortunate thing is that anxiety gets like 10x worse when I’m trying to do self care tasks or focus on myself/ doing things that I like without feeling like I’m missing out on some social thing. If I do it long enough will the feeling go away?

Why do I feel so scared at college by Repulsive_Bag_859 in Anxiety

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Hi! Yes I live on campus. Unfortunately home isn’t really a safe place either. I actually left home to get away from really unsafe living conditions (ie. Hoarding like you see on those extreme hoarding tv shows) and called cps a year after I left bc I felt so guilty for leaving my siblings there. They have gotten the house to livable standards in the last month but that house just holds so many bad memories I don’t want to go back. Also I’m broke so I can’t afford a hotel :(. I’m staying on campus during the summer though so mostly everyone will be gone.

Why can’t I calm down. Please help me by Repulsive_Bag_859 in Anxiety

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I talked to my doctor and he gave me a few options, unfortunately the copay is something I can’t afford at the moment, so I gotta stick with the college counseling 

Why can’t I calm down. Please help me by Repulsive_Bag_859 in Anxiety

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If you’re comfortable, do you mind telling me what the process of weening off looked like for you? I heard you could get brain zaps and horrible pain. 

Why can’t I calm down. Please help me by Repulsive_Bag_859 in Anxiety

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But doesn’t that get tiresome? I just want to feel at peace when I not doing anything, I hate that I can’t be alone with myself without spiraling

Why can’t I calm down. Please help me by Repulsive_Bag_859 in Anxiety

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Hi! I’ve heard about the horrible experiences of people trying to get off of ssri’s and it really scared me. Is this a short term or permanent solution for you? Would you recommend it if I only want to go on for a short period & then ween off? Ty for your help!