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over a year ago
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"Coping with anxiety doesn't have to be weird "
No not at all. I’m just curious about ‘weird’ coping mechanisms people have. I have healthy ones, but I’ve also got ‘weird’ tells |
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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Coping with anxiety doesn't have to be weird
No not at all. I’m just curious about ‘weird’ coping mechanisms people have. I have healthy ones, but I’ve also got ‘weird’ tells "
Cleaning over and over |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Coping with anxiety doesn't have to be weird
No not at all. I’m just curious about ‘weird’ coping mechanisms people have. I have healthy ones, but I’ve also got ‘weird’ tells
Cleaning over and over"
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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Coping with anxiety doesn't have to be weird
No not at all. I’m just curious about ‘weird’ coping mechanisms people have. I have healthy ones, but I’ve also got ‘weird’ tells
Cleaning over and over
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Even though I know its spotless |
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over a year ago
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"I tap myself mainly on my forehead or shake my legs and feet. "
The leg shake is annoying because I hardly notice it until someone tells me to stop because it’s annoying  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Coping with anxiety doesn't have to be weird
No not at all. I’m just curious about ‘weird’ coping mechanisms people have. I have healthy ones, but I’ve also got ‘weird’ tells
Cleaning over and over
Even though I know its spotless "
Ah that’s tough. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Also sometimes pinch my forearm or literally bite my tongue.
Ouch.
Saying that, I do like the trick with a band on a wrist and snapping it. "
When I had long hair I used to do this with my hairbands. Helps. |
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I'm a scratcher and a picker. There's one patch of skin just above my right knee that I will scratch and scratch.
I find pimple popping videos help with the picking - they give me the same tiny release of tension. |
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"I'm a scratcher and a picker. There's one patch of skin just above my right knee that I will scratch and scratch.
I find pimple popping videos help with the picking - they give me the same tiny release of tension."
I’ve seen that they help. I can’t cope with them though I love picking. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a scratcher and a picker. There's one patch of skin just above my right knee that I will scratch and scratch.
I find pimple popping videos help with the picking - they give me the same tiny release of tension."
I am a terrible picker too! There is more of us.. if I recall from some previous threads. Have couple of pimples which I wont let heal fully. I organised someone to keep telling me off about it. Helps a little. And I so love watching blackheads squashing videos  |
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"I'm a scratcher and a picker. There's one patch of skin just above my right knee that I will scratch and scratch.
I find pimple popping videos help with the picking - they give me the same tiny release of tension.
I am a terrible picker too! There is more of us.. if I recall from some previous threads. Have couple of pimples which I wont let heal fully. I organised someone to keep telling me off about it. Helps a little. And I so love watching blackheads squashing videos "
I never had spots, even as a teenager, which is probably just as well.
I now have menopausal acne and I'm a bugger with it. One of my mates threatened to get me those scratch mitts you get for babies, stop me messing with it!
Thank all that's holy for Josefa Reina  |
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"I tap myself mainly on my forehead or shake my legs and feet.
The leg shake is annoying because I hardly notice it until someone tells me to stop because it’s annoying "
Yep I don't realise I'm doing it. But Once I'm told I suck my thumb instead and do it to sleep also. |
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"I tap myself mainly on my forehead or shake my legs and feet.
The leg shake is annoying because I hardly notice it until someone tells me to stop because it’s annoying
Yep I don't realise I'm doing it. But Once I'm told I suck my thumb instead and do it to sleep also."
Ooo. I don’t have any that help me sleep actually. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a scratcher and a picker. There's one patch of skin just above my right knee that I will scratch and scratch.
I find pimple popping videos help with the picking - they give me the same tiny release of tension.
I am a terrible picker too! There is more of us.. if I recall from some previous threads. Have couple of pimples which I wont let heal fully. I organised someone to keep telling me off about it. Helps a little. And I so love watching blackheads squashing videos
I never had spots, even as a teenager, which is probably just as well.
I now have menopausal acne and I'm a bugger with it. One of my mates threatened to get me those scratch mitts you get for babies, stop me messing with it!
Thank all that's holy for Josefa Reina "
Haha! I wish there was something like the nail polish for biters to make me stop. I have been fairly good for last couple of days. It's just my chin. Hormonal spots. Before period usually.
There is something so satisfying about getting a hearty squeeze and knowing the bumpy surface it's gone even if its bleeding and oozing |
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Write my shopping list or pluck my eyebrows.
Sometimes I call my dad to discuss politics so I can replace anxiety with rage. Depends how masochist I’m feeling |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm a scratcher and a picker. There's one patch of skin just above my right knee that I will scratch and scratch.
I find pimple popping videos help with the picking - they give me the same tiny release of tension.
I am a terrible picker too! There is more of us.. if I recall from some previous threads. Have couple of pimples which I wont let heal fully. I organised someone to keep telling me off about it. Helps a little. And I so love watching blackheads squashing videos
I never had spots, even as a teenager, which is probably just as well.
I now have menopausal acne and I'm a bugger with it. One of my mates threatened to get me those scratch mitts you get for babies, stop me messing with it!
Thank all that's holy for Josefa Reina
Haha! I wish there was something like the nail polish for biters to make me stop. I have been fairly good for last couple of days. It's just my chin. Hormonal spots. Before period usually.
There is something so satisfying about getting a hearty squeeze and knowing the bumpy surface it's gone even if its bleeding and oozing "
Those videos make me wish I had spots to pop  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Write my shopping list or pluck my eyebrows.
Sometimes I call my dad to discuss politics so I can replace anxiety with rage. Depends how masochist I’m feeling "
Make sure you don't pluck too much from the top. You may look surprised! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Write my shopping list or pluck my eyebrows.
Sometimes I call my dad to discuss politics so I can replace anxiety with rage. Depends how masochist I’m feeling "
This is relatable. Someone said to me one that I was spending so much time learning and then ranting about specific social issues to do exactly that. It really is masochism isn’t it. |
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"I hum to myself my husband often says I do it when I’m sleeping also not all the time just when I’m going through a anxious time..."
Any specific or common tunes? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I hum to myself my husband often says I do it when I’m sleeping also not all the time just when I’m going through a anxious time...
Any specific or common tunes? "
Hush lil baby go to sleep... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Write my shopping list or pluck my eyebrows.
Sometimes I call my dad to discuss politics so I can replace anxiety with rage. Depends how masochist I’m feeling "
Gosh I used to get so much satisfaction about using my tweezers here and there haha. That stopped now though. Less anxious that I used to be few months back. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Are we talking about Halls Menthol?
Had to happen with that thread title lol. Peach & raspberry please. If yer buying me some?
I could do with something to suck on to lubricate my throat.....  "
Lubricate my throat.. that is the phrase I'm going to adopt ! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I play with my bracelet. My auntie (2nd mum) got me it before she passed away from breast cancer. For me it's like she's part of me with the bracelet"
It’s interesting the things we use to soothe us |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Write my shopping list or pluck my eyebrows.
Sometimes I call my dad to discuss politics so I can replace anxiety with rage. Depends how masochist I’m feeling
Gosh I used to get so much satisfaction about using my tweezers here and there haha. That stopped now though. Less anxious that I used to be few months back. "
It’s funny the things we do to just calm ourselves down a bit. |
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"I hum to myself my husband often says I do it when I’m sleeping also not all the time just when I’m going through a anxious time...
Any specific or common tunes? "
I have been know to hum cwm by ya my lord which is strange as I’m not remotely religious and also three little birds by bob Marley I can explain that song as it’s a song that always makes me feel happy ... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I used to recite in my head a long road trips directions to a favourite place.
I don't get much anxiety now that I am meditating at the beach once a week when we have our yoga class"
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"I hum to myself my husband often says I do it when I’m sleeping also not all the time just when I’m going through a anxious time...
Any specific or common tunes? I have been know to hum cwm by ya my lord which is strange as I’m not remotely religious and also three little birds by bob Marley I can explain that song as it’s a song that always makes me feel happy ..."
Excellent choices. Bob is soothing for me too |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"None of this is weird to me btw
Thank you!
Although the biting clothes thing I’ve been told is weird by a few people "
I used to do this, particularly the bottom of the sleeves on hoodies! My leg shakes, I chew pens and I tend to whistle when I’m anxious, I know it annoys some people but it’s involuntary!  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"None of this is weird to me btw
Thank you!
Although the biting clothes thing I’ve been told is weird by a few people
I used to do this, particularly the bottom of the sleeves on hoodies! My leg shakes, I chew pens and I tend to whistle when I’m anxious, I know it annoys some people but it’s involuntary! "
YES! |
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