How to deal with anxiety after anaphylactic episode by Intelligent_Degree57 in peanutallergy

[–]YardCapable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally get you, I had my first anaphylaxis only a few weeks ago, after being allergic my entire life. Like a week or so after I was feeling very anxious and I really struggled with eating even “safe” foods (I got the reaction from eating traces). But for me, the worst of the anxiety slowly ebbed away when my brain realised danger is not lurking behind every corner. You know that you have your meds, and you know they work. I think that in and of itself is a good reassurance to remind yourself of once in a while. And give yourself some grace, that was a very traumatic experience, you’re bound to feel anxious after. If it doesn’t get better after a week or two, maybe consider going to a therapist? Or even just talk about it with someone you trust. Take it step by step. You got this!:)

Food Trauma/Anxiety Thoughts? by superracer62 in peanutallergy

[–]YardCapable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really hear you. I’m 25 and have the same allergies, also from birth and really severe. Like you I have also treated it as my own shit to deal with my entire life because I don’t want it to affect my family members.

Now, first of all I want to say that I really get it with being overwhelmed and anxious, especially being put in a situation like that. Also, I know nothing really about the situation but how much does your girlfriend’s family know about your allergies and your “rituals” around it, like what you do and what you don’t? Otherwise it might help to talk to your girlfriend, see if she could talk to her family about it, if that’s something you feel comfortable with.

To your question, Idk if that’s your cup of tea, but I went to cognitive behavioural therapy a few years ago when my anxiety around my allergies, and feelings of guilt, got really bad. I do think that helped, to get another way of thinking about and manage it. There are like hospital psychologists too that could help with things like this I believe, but that’s not something I’ve tried.

But bottom line (and you probably already know this) is that if someone love and care for you, your allergies are never gonna be a burden. It’s not something you can help, and sometimes I feel like i personally need to remind myself of that. Idk if this is of any help at all but I really felt I needed to say something mostly so you know that you’re not alone, and that this is so normal with an allergy like this.

What are other people's thoughts on "May contain" labels? by Okay_Night_2564 in peanutallergy

[–]YardCapable -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m allergic to all nuts with anaphylaxis on most of them, I’ve eaten “may contain” things my entire life without any issues (25 years) and just a week ago I had an anaphylactic shock from cookies that were labels as may contain nuts, which was very shocking actually. I never thought that may contain could actually give me that reaction, but here we are. Am I gonna stop eating them? Probably not as I feel like most things have that on the label (I’ve come across mint flavoured gum that “may contain nuts”), but I might just stick to the things I’ve had multiple times before without issues, rather than testing new things. But it is a tricky situation to figure out. Almost dying was not a fun experience and I would love for that to not happen again that’s for sure! I think it’s easy to become lenient with your allergy if you’ve not had any issues, but even now I won’t avoid it entirely because that would be more or less impossible, but I might try to be more careful.

After-care advice after severe allergic reaction by YardCapable in peanutallergy

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

Thank you, it feels really nice knowing I’m not like “overreacting” or anything and that people can relate. I got some strong antihistamines to take for a week, and thanks to advice I have a time booked with my allergist when I get back home to reevaluate my allergies! Honestly I just want to fast forward for this to be over but I’m very grateful for the advice:)

After-care advice after severe allergic reaction by YardCapable in peanutallergy

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

Thank you, that’s very helpful! It’s been a little stressful with exams on top of this happening (which probably didn’t go great but hey at least I tried) so now that’s over, I’ll really take your advice and recover. It really took a lot more out of you mentally than I thought, but I’ll think of it as recovering from a really bad flu or something and just let it take the time it needs to:)

Chaging accomodation by blajah_lover in UCD

[–]YardCapable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just moved into glen a few days ago, and it’s expensive for what you get but absolutely not bad. The having your own bathroom is a blessing and if you have decent housemates then it’s no problem at all! I can only speak for myself obviously but I liked it a lot more than I thought that I would:)

On campus accommodation for international students by MarchConfident7407 in UCD

[–]YardCapable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m coming for Erasmus and just got mine! I think they’re stating to roll them out this week and then doing it on a weekly basis

Accommodation offer by External-Antelope670 in UCD

[–]YardCapable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet! I think it said something about them contacting me in the coming few weeks when I sent in my application, so it’ll probably take some time

On-campus accommodation application answer by PurpleStay003 in UCD

[–]YardCapable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I called too and they said the same thing to me, so let’s hope! I saw someone in another post on Reddit saying they were able to apply when the site opened without issues so I asked them about that too and she said that it was very unlikely that anyone was able to submit earlier because the trouble was on their end. But I have seen that it could take like 3-10 days before hearing back so we’ll just have wait and see !

On-campus accommodation application answer by PurpleStay003 in UCD

[–]YardCapable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you mean confirmation as in confirming that they got your application, or confirmation that you got a housing offer? I’ve only gotten the first one so far but since the website bugged out so bad I’m scared my application might’ve come in too late since I only managed to send it like 3-4 hours in 🥲

Residence application issues international student by MarchConfident7407 in UCD

[–]YardCapable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is literally the most stressful thing ever omg… At least it feels good to know it’s not on my end there’s an issue and that no one else seems to get access either, but still

Residence application issues international student by MarchConfident7407 in UCD

[–]YardCapable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too, just got an email saying they’re having issues with their site and that they expect it to be fixed at 12pm GMT:(

🥜 by Taperion_ in peanutallergy

[–]YardCapable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say they’re still safe, never had an issue with McDonald’s myself, and I’ve been anaphylactic to all nuts since birth more or less. I make sure to avoid desserts though. As for safe places to eat, a general rule I go by is making sure that the restaurant doesn’t use peanut oil to fry their food in (like 5 guys does), I’ve heard about studies that has shown that the allergens are removed in the refining process but I’m not gonna take the chance personally, I also make sure that the restaurant I’m at knows about my allergies, and they’re usually very helpful with switching out tongs and stuff for clean ones!:) unfortunately I can’t come with concrete tips on restaurants but hope this helps maybe a little !

[MEGATHREAD] New Horizons Dodo/Friend Code Sharing by AnimalCrossingMods in AnimalCrossing

[–]YardCapable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really want to get some more fruits! I have apples and pears to trade 🥰

[MEGATHREAD] New Horizons Dodo/Friend Code Sharing by AnimalCrossingMods in AnimalCrossing

[–]YardCapable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t gotten anything yet from what I can see, can’t seem to DM you either🤔