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bluecat825
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How to lessen physical symptoms of anxiety?
Anxiety Support / by bluecat825
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 April 25th, 2024
...See more I have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression. While this is something I have been working on for years, one of the physical symptoms I have is a severe stomachache I get almost everyday. When I wake up, I also get slightly nauseous. When I make a mistake (for example at work) or when dreading something (for example going to a party where I only know a few people) my body literally becomes cold within seconds and I get clammy. How do I reduce these physical symptoms? It is hard to live 'normally'.
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I am a friend but not THE friend.
Depression Support / by bluecat825
Last post
 April 25th, 2024
...See more I am a friend to my friends in need, and have long accepted that they will contact me only when they need help. But I am not the friend they consider inviting when they hang out, or consider contacting to check on. I am always the one to start contact asking how they are, or inviting them somewhere. They would chat to each other and make plans to hang out separately, and I just find out much later on. If I message the group chat inviting them to hang out, my messages would be read and ignored until someone else finds a different topic to talk about. I have a couple of friend groups, and it has always been like this with everyone, so I kind of just accepted it. But I didn't realize until years later now, how lonely it made me feel and how painful it is to have friends who don't look for you when they want to have a good time and only when they need advice or support. How do I restore value in myself and build back confidence? I don't have any to begin with. I feel like sobbing a lot of the time, but it is like stuck in my chest. I am afraid to bring it up because it sounds pathetic and attention-seeking, which I have been told before. I don't know, I guess I just wanted to be accepted and wanted.
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