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bandaidbear
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22 | ♍︎ | she/her

Unlearning negative patterns and breaking free from toxic parenting and relationships, for myself and for the people I love. Interested in DBT, being more present in my body, and any other coping skills that'll help. I've been in talk therapy for the last 7+ years, and have been medicated for depression/anxiety for 4 years, and open to talking about it if you'd like to chat.


Recent forum posts
How to get the energy to cry?
Depression Support / by bandaidbear
Last post
 April 15th
...See more Today I called one of my friends and ended up crying. I was in a study room at the library and cleaned myself up enough to walk out to my car and keep crying for a bit. I know I needed it, I don't really have the privacy to cry in my house so my feelings have been bottled up for a while. Lately when I do get the opportunity to cry, it feels like I run out of steam almost immediately. I'll cry for maybe 5-10 minutes, and then my body is just too physically exhausted to continue, but emotionally I feel like crying more. When this happens, I sit around for a bit (basically until I get bored) and then go for a walk/drive or take a nap. Those things really make me feel refreshed, but I still feel like I have emotions inside that I need to get out. I feel like I don't really get anything from crying in these small fits and starts, it just brings all the emotions to the surface and then I can't find a way to let go of them so I sit around feeling bad. How can I just have a good cry?
Anyone else get "shake attacks"?
Anxiety Support / by bandaidbear
Last post
 March 28th
...See more Sometimes when I'm feeling upset or overwhelmed, I just feel this need to shake all my limbs. My arms usually, but when it gets really bad, it's my legs too. It's not like shivering or a tremor, it's like I have to shake and flail around. When it's just my hands, it looks like jazz hands I guess. And I shake my arms like I'm trying to get a spiderweb off. The one time I can remember that my legs shook, I was laying down in bed and I would kick my legs really fast, like trying to shake something off. The urge to shake usually subsides after a minute or so, and depending on how I'm feeling usually I just lay there and cry afterwards. It's distressing because it always happens when I'm feeling my absolute worst and I can't control it, and I don't have a name for it. I don't think it's just stimming. Is this part of a panic attack? Does anyone else get this?
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