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My anxiety is eating me alive

User Profile: EphieBean22
EphieBean22 August 6th, 2025

Hey guys. I’m trying to cope with a lot of anxious feelings. My roommate overreacts to things and then I get upset and anxious because I HATE conflict especially when half the time I have good intentions. I hate when people don’t text me back for days i get so much anxiety from it. I’m anxious a lot of the time and I just don’t know how to shake it

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 August 7th, 2025

@EphieBean22

🥺

💜💕

Im sorry your room mate is stressing you out.

I too hate conflict.

It ruins my day.

Leaves me on edge.

Trust me, it's easier said than done, but stay out of their drama, don't let them dictate how you react.

I took hate when people don't text back, I start imagining all sorts, but it doesn't help, because most of what we are thinking is wrong and never comes to fruition.

Give only the same energy you receive.

Know your worth and focus on something that makes you passionate and happy everyday and doesn't have you waiting for anyone to text back, you deserve to be happy 💕💜

User Profile: intellectualVase2518
intellectualVase2518 August 7th, 2025

@EphieBean22 I totally understand what you mean. It’s frustrating when someone doesn’t understand your intentions—especially someone you’re living with, since you can’t easily escape them. In the end, we don’t have any option other than to deal with them and the aspects we don’t like or can’t tolerate. I can’t give you any advice on how to handle this, since I’m still figuring it out myself. But I hope it helps to know that you’re not alone in this.


I also understand why it makes you so anxious when someone doesn’t text you back for days. At one point in my life, I used to keep checking my phone to see if they had replied. Then I’d start wondering why they hadn’t answered, especially when I’d asked them a question. My mind would end up thinking things like, “Maybe I misinterpreted their intentions and they didn’t actually want to be friends,” or “Maybe they don’t find our conversation interesting enough to continue.” But things started to change when I met someone just as anxious as I was. Unlike me, this person would directly ask if I was ignoring them, which I wasn’t used to, since I was usually the one left on read. I didn’t know how to respond other than to reassure them that I wasn’t ignoring them—I just couldn’t continue the conversation because I was worried about finishing my homework.

Thanks to this experience, I started to shift my thinking from “their behavior must have something to do with me” to considering the possibility that it might not. That doesn’t mean I stopped having anxious thoughts about why they haven’t responded, but I don’t experience them as much. I hope that someday, you’ll find a way to do the same.
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