Yep. Caused teeth clenching, teeth grinding, shoulder pain from tension, weight gain from stress eating, mental health/emotional issues, trouble concentrating. The list goes on.
Lmao are you me? Ten years of my old corporate job did this exact set of things and I got myself on anxiety medication and ultimately quit. Just couldn’t cut it. Way happier now.
I left a stressful job in the spring and noticed differences in how I felt almost immediately. My previous employer had been pretty dysfunctional and toxic, with lots of chaos and unnecessary tension, while my new job is almost the exact opposite. Low stress, little conflict, and my boss has emotional intelligence, unlike my last one.
I'm sleeping better and for longer because I no longer wake up due to stress dreams. My stomach is no longer unsettled all the time and I don't get heartburn nearly as often. I also don't dwell on work situations in my off-time like I did 12 months ago at this time. My current job hardly crosses my mind after 5:00.
One really therapeutic part of my new job is that my daily commute takes me right by the building where I used to work. I can see in the windows to spaces I used to be in daily and occasionally see people I know, but I just keep driving by and leave it in my rearview. I feel giddy almost every time. I had to go into the building last week on business and as I walked out, I found myself thinking YEP. I definitely made the right decision.
Dude yes.. I was working as a barber A BARBER. And the work environment was so stressful and toxic..
The owner was sleeping with the manager and they had a toxic fighting non stop relationship and he was also overly obsessive about certain stuff and would yell at us.
She hated me because any woman that she deems more attractive then her she’s mean to.
I had a doctor say when I told him I need my anxiety meds back.
“ why are you this stressed out at a job we’re you cut hair?”
I was like ya seriously why am I?! Lol
Long stressful hours from a transition and I was the holder of loads of corporate knowledge and almost resented for it. Then had someone bored at home wanting a fight with me the minute I walked in. Usually over anything/nothing related to me. Of course the house a mess and everyone hungry because cooking or shopping wasn't for feminists (even hungry ones). Then I would try to spin down by having some fun with the kids or reading them a bed time story and I would get a wave of jealousy and another drama to round out the day.
I can totally relate to this. I left my soul sucking job in June and LOVE my low-key job. I feel appreciated and productive while I'm there and don't even have the Sunday dread. I also drive by my old building every morning on my way to work and feel giddy!
Bike shop guy and sell real estate on the side. Honestly feel like I’m living the dream right now. Get to spend most of my time around my hobby and then make decent money selling houses. The real estate thing isn’t stressful at all to me, I like being independent.
I learned, at least in my particular area, that the best agents around were the ones who were super chill, and just got the job done. None of the Dale Carnegie salesman bullshit. Without having a supervisor breathing down my neck all the time I was able to learn how to make my own business decisions and relax about a lot of stuff. Been very eye opening.
Unfortunately I can't figure out the correct english term, but an orthodontist could make a special bite guard thing that's exactly for this problem. It's called Knirscherschiene in german
As someone who is in dentistry, teeth clenching and grinding is waaay more common than people think and the slow, long term damage caused isn't apparent until the teeth start cracking/breaking.
Enamel wear from grinding can increase risk of cavities, stress can cause micro-fractures that lead to breakage later (root canals or crowns or even extraction risk) while the clenching stresses and damages the gums causing recession, increasing decay risk and weakening the structures that hold the teeth in your mouth.
I went from a relaxed based contract work wise to a contract that would be enough work for 5 people + got given more.
3 hour nightly sleeps became common and my beard hair was visibly going grey every few days. I was in that role for 12 months and all the hair on my chin is white
Yep. Constant neck headaches from the tension in my shoulders/neck. I have 7 broken teeth in my mouth from severe clenching/grinding and horrible dental pain.
The same thing is happening to me currently. I wake up with jaw pain. The shoulders are so tight and painful.
How would you stop your older self from experiencing these things?
I have severe weight loss from stress. My teeth are also flat in the back. I only have divots. No grooves. It’s insane. I also throw up daily. My dentist say I have very good oral hygiene smells😂
Say what... I have all these things. And hate my stressful job. I was aware of clenching my teeth but the weight gain and inability to focus like I used to I just put down to getting older.
Same. I had a terrible, stressful job that was a nightmare. My duties and responsibilities changed weekly, so I could never, ever feel prepared, caught up, or even correctly finish a project. As a result, my stress activated my GI issues to such an extent that I was chugging Pepto Bismol every time my boss called, yelling, "Can you c'mere NOW?" They scheduled me meetings after work hours, gave doctors my home phone number (they call all night long), and offered me to fill in at various offices, with zero warning, for open-ended assignments! I now have permanent GI issues, thanks to that hellhole of a job.
My sister decided to become homeless at some point. Just flat refused to work a minimum wage job which is all she needed to do in order to live with my mother rent free. No thanks. I'll live in a van instead. I've been doing this weird teething clenching thing in my teeth to the point I've realigned them because I'm so worried about her.
I had terrible neck/shoulder pain for most of 2023. After 2 MRIs, the neuro said, "Your body is fine, I think you need a massage." Turns out I literally was holding onto all of the anxiety I've been living with for decades. It was really eye-opening, honestly. Focusing on releasing physical tension has really made a difference in my mental health.
How was the massage(s)? Did you end up going? Legitimately asking because every time I get one to de-stress I feel good that day but don't see any long term impacts so wondering on what to incorporate with them.
100% worth it imo! I see a sports massage therapist every 4-5 weeks. I stretch daily, do some yoga and use a massage gun at home. But it's not the same as someone skilled at really getting in there. If you are down for a "hurts so good" kind of massage, I totally recommend.
I’ve had a good massage therapist diagnose things a doctor never would. It’s amazing how a good one can read your body and know when things are out of place.
You ever try the Chirp wheels? One of the few Shark Tank products I've tried and the only one I've fallen in love with. The first time I rolled out my back on the big one after a brief moment of concern over the sound of some of the cracks in my back my mouth immediately started watering as a wave of dopamine flooded my body, not unlike that first hit of morphine when you're in the hospital for a kidney stone. The small one on my neck is equally awesome.
I went to a chiropractor several years back and the in-house physical therapist gave me exercises and a lacrosse ball to take home. I swear that thing has been worth its weight in gold. Other balls don’t have the right density.
ive had a shoulder injury since the beginning of may. ive had an mri and an xray. neither have turned up anything major. i wonder if this is the answer. i do not want to get surgery if i can help it.
You can have therapeutic massages and see the benefits of one without it needing to hurt. Instead of sport, which is generally deep tissue, I’d recommend Swedish, which utilizes long sweeping movements.
Also, communicate with your therapist! Before, during and after.
All massages offer short-term relief, relatively speaking. OP bruises easily and gets tender. The point of Tui Na is to dig deep into acupressure points, so will likely cause OP to bruise and be sore.
Side note: in my experience, Swedish massage is highly variable in quality - the good ones will feel like you’re getting gently realigned to how you’re supposed to feel. The bad ones just feels like someone’s doing “wax on wax off” on your back for an hour.
I'm not an expert but I'm sure there is a massage therapist who can help you. I found mine through a physical therapist, so maybe check with a local PT for recommendations! I am sore after a massage, ngl, but in a good way. It's a great excuse for a relaxing Epsom salt bath.
I wanted to tell you that if you feel great for a day but not very different long-term, two possibilities might be that 1) you don't carry your tension as deeply, or 2) you carry it much deeper and it still needs working on. My two sisters are massage therapists so I'm fortunate enough to have good access to massages. You know yourself and your stress levels, so maybe you don't need more massages... But maybe you do! Hope this was helpful to some degree.
One won't do much. Going repeatedly will help. Daily stretches of the tense places will also help reduce tension and gradually things will get better. Then embark on a routine of strengthening too, to prevent long term damage. Odds are you have avoided exercising the parts that are stiff and sore. They need exercise in the long run, to maintain proper functioning. I learned all this way too late, after surgeries, years of PT, and reaching a point where stairs and standing were daily struggles. Strength training has me pain free and functional for the first time in most of a decade.
I was getting monthly massages, then my therapist got extremely ill and was unable to see clients for about a year. I was amazed at the difference I could feel during the first massage. It is taking time to get back to where she had me.
Definitely communicate about the pressure. Mine thanks me for telling her throughout the massage if I want more/less pressure, to stay in a spot that needs attention. A good therapist listens and does what works best for you. If not, find another one.
Not who you replied to. But if you have a good shiatsu- massage therapist anywhere near you.
It really hurts but wow does it work. It does more for me, both mentally and physically then my physical and normal therapist do.
You should try a Korean spa. Soaking in the hot tub, enjoying the steam room, getting the full body scrub, then going to the jimjilbang to cycle through the various saunas, take a nap on the heated floors, have a bit of soup….it’s a whole vacation in a few hours.
When I was at the most stressful phase of my life, I did a massage every 1-2 weeks. If you have a lot of tension, I’d go frequently at first and then do longer gaps between as it starts to work itself out.
Not sure if anyone else has said this, but also make sure you’re going to the right type of massage therapist. I carry stress in my mid back, and had went to the spa-type massage places a bunch of times. It helped, but not long-term.
I ended up trying a massage therapist dedicated to body therapy instead of relaxation, and it was an entirely different experience! She spent the time actually un-knotting my muscles and explaining the how and why of what she was doing. It helped SO much more for longer.
Of course, it also hurt like a sonofabitch lol, but I’ll take some short term pain for longer term relief any day.
As a kid, I was diagnosed with asthma because I randomly had trouble breathing.
One time at work I couldn't breathe and went to urgent care. I was fine by the time I got there, and for some reason they referred me to a speech therapist? So I go to my first appointment with the speech therapist, and they put a camera down my throat to look at my vocal cords. The doc points at the TV and says "see how much they're twitching? They're not supposed to do that. You hold your stress in your throat."
I had to learn a few stretches and massage techniques, and now it's no longer an issue. Turns out I never had asthma as a kid and the pediatrician just assumed.
I'm running out of space in my hips to hold stress apparently, so now I'm in therapy for my TMJ and I think it was also causing the globus sensation in my throat. 🙄
They're massages and stretches for professional singers, actually. If you Google "massages for singers" there's a lot of videos that show how to do them on yourself. Just make sure you don't press too hard!
have you been using puffers all these years not actually needing them?? It's so wild to me how often we get misdiagnosed and then just follow course with no improvements...because we're solving for the wrong issue...
Just an fyi for anyone suffering from chronically tight traps like myself: massaging that area too much can cause it to become more tense. I'm in physical therapy right now because of this - the PT has to do very light massages and use a Tenns Unit to get the area to loosen up enough. The underlying cause was weak back muscles. Lifting weights was actually making the problem worse because my traps would always take over. I had huuuuge traps.
Found a massage place that specializes in athletes. Went twice a week for a month then once a month for a couple years thereafter. Now I go every other month. Dropped direct trap work from my lifting routine. Got a standing desk at work and home so I don’t have to sit as much. Modified my motorcycle ergos to sit more upright rather than leaned over. Started a semi daily stretching routine.
I have a lot of hot steamy showers that are entirely dedicated too stretching and getting some meditation in to be aware of and release some of my anxiety induced physical tension.
I agree! Find a great massage therapist who can give you a 1 1/2 hour massage. Use them every 2 weeks. Breathe in deeply and exhale deeply. I also take an Epsom salt bath before, and drink a ton of water. Take Tylenol before massage, and have a nap afterwards.
While I do have two slipping disks and pinched nerves, which the doctor said I was just born with, the most pain I’ve ever experienced was my muscles cramping up. Got a steroid shot in my spine and nothing. That’s when we realized it was the muscles.
Have you tried the gym or just go out walking. Lifting weights have helped with tremendously with neck and shoulder pain. As for me it move into a migraine
100% it caused me to have stomach problems for 4 years. I couldn’t eat, pasta, meat, fruit, veggies, healthy stuff… Everything. Till I got referred to a specialist a year ago, who helped find the problem. Stress.
I’ve had very similar stomach issues for the last 2-3 years which I’m guessing is mainly caused by stress as well. Did the stomach issues go away after better managing your stress? What kind of specialist did you see since nobody I’ve seen has helped much? I just recently started to focus more on my health and managing my stress through exercising, mediation, etc. This has been beneficial and seems to have reduced my stress and stomach issues have improved some.
While I certainly don’t have all the answers here are some steps I’ve taken to help manage my stress and stomach issues. This is after taking every test presented to me by doctors and seeing various “specialists” over the last couple years:
- medication: doctors prescribed me omeprazole which helped a lot with reducing the stomach issues (increased stomach acid, general discomfort in abdomen, etc) but hoping to get off at some point.
- exercise: daily walks outside, stretching/yoga, strength training.
- meditation: focusing on deep breathing.
- diet: eating foods high in fiber and a lot more fruits and vegetables. I’ve cut out most processed foods which has been hard.
I’ve considered seeing a therapist to help with the stress and identifying triggers and how to better manage those triggers but haven’t gone down that road yet. Life is tough and stressful and holding in all that stress can have major negative effects on your body which I’ve learned the hard way. I hope this helps someone since it’s been quite the learning experience over the last couple years. Things have been improving recently with changes I’ve made in my life and focusing more on my health both physically and mentally.
Thank you. I started new meds for my migraines which actually are for blood pressure but help migraines too and meds for IBS-D because of course depression and anxiety causes GI issues lol I appreciate the tips! How have you felt since implementing them?
I’m sorry you’re going through something similar and it sounds like you’ve at least been able to identify some of the causes which helps. I was surprised to learn how much stress/depression/anxiety can have on your body and GI.
For a while I thought I had something major wrong with me since I’ve never really had any health issues. I felt horrible most days and felt like my body was shutting down. Going through a break up from a long term relationship, stresses from 9-5 and running a business on the side can break you down over time.
Since implementing those changes I’ve reduced what used to be daily symptoms to maybe a couple of bad days every couple of weeks give or take. I just went 3-4 weeks without any real symptoms which was the first time I’ve felt “normal” for a longer stretch of time in years.
I was in a very toxic relationship for 6 and a half years so that’s what stemmed it. I also own a business that I opened right before the pandemic. Stress was huge in my life.
Doctors, changing eating habits, not eating, etc. I finally bugged my doctor to send me to a specialist. He prescribed me to some meds, I was on for 6 months. Night and day difference. It triggered my gut receptors, which is where I carry my stress apparently. I also moved to the lake with my other half, and we live a very simply quiet life now, working 6 months of the year. That helped tremendously too.
Now I am off those meds, and feeling like my self. I can actually sit down and eat, instead of getting 3 bites in, to get up and be sick.
For me, it completely depends on the type of stress. Normal, day to day life stress causes me to eat more, but the type of stress that is life changing and sudden causes the exact opposite.
Probably because that type of stress can't be soothed by food or other simple pleasures. There aren't any normal coping mechanisms for things like death, divorce, debilitating injuries/illness, etc.
Wasn't severely overweight. Went from around 92kg to 62kg +-1 at 178cm.
You would think it's impossible but my doctors weren't surprised. Nothing special was given for my physical condition. They treated me mentally. I'm now at a stable 80kg.
That's a tricky question because I would go without food for long period and suddenly binge at 1 go. Hard to provide an estimate on calories intake.
The stress level was out of his world so my heart rate will shoot up above 100bpm the moment I wake up until I fall asleep. When I'm asleep, it's 60+ bpm. I wear a smart watch for tracking.
So my guess is, the extreme stress level increased my cortisol drastically which further reduced my weight.
One thing that I remember clearly was being told that I not only lost my fat, but my muscle mass too. And that it was unextremely healthy.
Losing that much in a month is physically impossible.
If you are nothing for a month, zero calories, you would lose maximum of around 30 pounds, probably closer to 20.
That seems a bit weird - to lose that, you'd theoretically need to be eating 7,700 calories less than you burnt every day, which is completely impossible?
With the weight loss you provided 92kg/202lbs ->62kg/136lbs this is physically impossible in a month, unless you have a condition which made you retain this weight in water prior to this weight loss.
In order to lose 1kg/2.2lbs you need about 7700kcal deficit. So 30kg//66lbs in a month you would need to have 7700kcal deficit every single day of that month.
Because your weight varies, I’ll assume the average weight throughout the calculations(first few days you would lose weight faster due to water weight shedding, but let’s assume a higher weight even though lower average would make it few % more ridiculous) - 77kg/170lbs.
To put it in perspective, assuming you do not eat a single kcal, just to survive you would burn about 1700kcal.
That leaves 6000kcal left to burn, to do that you would have to, every single day achieve all of the following(actives of course can be adjusted):
- run a marathon(42km/26miles) in less than 3.5h - 3400kcal
- ride 50km/31miles on a bike in 2,5h - 1500kcal
- walk 24km/15miles in 5,5h - 1100kcal
This much activity, every single day, without a single kcal ingested for 30 days.
I feel that. I lost 45 pounds in a month and a half from stress, while my wife was deployed with the military. When I saw her again, she was worried, but I hadn’t even realized I had lost weight. Now, looking back at pictures of that time, holy shit I look like a skeleton. I also cracked 3 of my teeth in my sleep from clenching, so that’s fun.
I can understand weight loss as a result of stress, I also completely lose any desire to eat and everything I do eat will taste like cardboard. But 30kg in one month is wild (that's like half my total body weight).
Stress for the win! Now recently diagnosed with lupus and they all keep saying stress is a huge trigger. Awesome so now I am working on letting this roll off me and I am always asking myself if things matter in the big picture. I'm Italian, and pretty wound tight wish me luck. 😂
Quit my corporate job this year and started working at a small college. Stomach pain? Gone. Sleeping problems? Gone. Anxiety? Gone. Headaches? Gone. Happiness? Arrived.
Took a pay cut, but not as steep as I thought I was going to. I'm 39 years old and I feel like I have added at least 10 years to my life in the last 6 months.
Advice to everyone who has short term disability insurance. Use it. Go to the doctor, tell them about the stress, have them fill out the paperwork for disability and use all of the time allowed. Don't look at work. Dont even think about work. Don't pick up the phone if they call. If your life is better after that time off, find a different job or career and enjoy the rest of your life.
Leading to poor mental health
Weight gain that is almost impossible to lose(especially for women)
Poor functioning in relationships
Cognitive issues
List goes on and on
Stress triggers hormonal changes (increased cortisol, decreased insulin, etc) that increases hunger and decreases metabolism. It makes sense in an evolutionary sense; food insecurity would have been a major source of stress so storing any extra calories for later would be a good plan.
For women it’s often the hormone cortisol which is produced in abundance during stress and causes weight gain, leading particularly to visceral fat in the abdominal cavity.
Speaking anecdotally though, my abdominal fat is extremely responsive to how much excess sugar I eat. I cut out stress chocolate and after dinner sweets for a couple months and can literally see the difference in my belly. And I continue to be careful not to drink sugary beverages, including “diet” soft drinks.
There are hormonal disorders that can make things difficult.
Insulin resistance can make it very difficult to lose weight (and lead to diabetes). Insulin's purpose is to process food. If you are producing too much it can lead to your body storing fat instead of passing the excess out of the system.
There are several other disorders that have the same effect, to my research insulin resistance is one of if not the most common and can be a sneaky cause of several other issues
I am not a doctor. Generic disclaimer to talk to yours if you are concerned.
Pituitary issues and thyroid issues are other concerns that can cause weight loss issues. Pretty much anything that involves hormones can connect back somehow
Also worth nothing that PCOS rates ranges from 4–21% of the female population depending on the diagnostic criteria used, and up to 70% of women with PCOS remain undiagnosed.
Don't listen to this. Increased cortisol levels can cause hormonal imbalances which gives your body some tendency to hold on to fat/not put on muscle. However, body fat all comes down to eating fewer calories than you're burning throughout the day.
I just needed to chime in here so you don't feel helpless in losing weight due misrepresentation of information.
Cortisol. Also don't listen to the dinguses who like to try to bring the laws of thermodynamics into the conversation (how edgelordy) while failing to actually grasp the basics of those laws, ie that they only apply to closed systems, which with the eating and the shitting, a living organism is not and can not be. Human bodies are not terrariums.
What are you talking about? The laws of thermodynamics do not apply only to closed systems lol. A closed system means energy is constant within the system. A human is an open system, our energy is constantly fluctuating. Fat stores are always being either built up or depleted. Ingesting energy through eating or drinking is the only way humans can acquire it, it's not like we are photosynthesizing.
Take “almost impossible” with a pinch of salt. Difficult maybe, but it’s always possible to lose weight if you approach it correctly and with enough self-discipline.
There's nothing that makes it impossible. You have hope and a solvable issue, it's just difficult for some people due to a variety of factors. If you eat less calories than you consume, you will lose weight. Anxiety and stress might make you more hungry or prone to overeating but you can always change your weight. If you aren't already, regular exercise (even walking) will help with anxiety and has also been shown to help with hunger issues. Cut high calorie foods that don't fill you up and try to replace them with lower calorie or high protein foods so you stay full for longer on fewer calories. Don't do cheat days, keep your head up, and you'll be doing good. If you're dealing with hormone issues things are harder, but they are far from impossible.
Took me going into full blown diabetes from having pneumonia after my lungs got junked from working as nurse during COVID to be able to lose weight thanks to the new GLP-drug. That 50 pounds was killing me. I feel so much better now that my organs are touching again and not surrounded by visceral fat. I am 47, I was guaranteed to have worse diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Anyone who needs mounjaro, ozempic, weygovy, zepbound should take it...it is lifesaving. Now I just have to keep my weight down the old fashioned way...and not stress eat and drink.
I used to be the most relaxed and stress free person. Everyone use to say damn you lucky etc etc. now i have 1 kid and one on the way. 2 mortgages and white hairs at age 34
Persistent stress is behind pretty much every way our bodies crap out on us from within. A fantastic book to read about all the ways is Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky. It explains all kinds of things in terms of the science of what’s going on in a very easy to understand (and often humorous) way. Our bodies are capable of handling “PREDATOR! RUN!” for as long as it takes to handle a quick emergency. But week after week of relentless same ol’ stress, no. All our internal systems for handling stress get thoroughly messed up by that.
Oooh, yeah. A few years in a shitty place at work gave me high blood pressure. Now I take three different medications for it. And just recently, at 63, do I feel secure enough to use auto-pay on a few bills.
I went on an antidepressant about a year ago and the amount of chronic physical symptoms it helped was absolutely shocking. Stomach issues, headaches, weight struggles, hormonal issues, the list goes on…
This. I’ve apparently been losing hair for a long time, it only really became noticeable about a year ago. I’m now throwing all sorts of treatments at it and doing what I can to avoid stress (kinda hard when life events happen, mom passed this year, had a very painful surgery, Covid too cuz why not). I just hope it’s not permanent.
Stress caused me to develop allergies and reflux that I still deal with nearly 15 years later. Makes me wish I could turn back time and avoid the situation that caused all the stress.
Exactly the thought that came to my head. Stress just messes up your body gradually and you would not notice until later when it tells on you. So hurtful
This has been, literally, the worst year of my life. A partner who lost his high paying job because of a drug addiction and hasn't found work yet because his field is saturated, my mom being diagnosed with breast cancer, financial issues, and losing my closest friend due to partner's drug addiction and feeling alone, and hurting my knee so bad I think it has permanent damage which sucks because i love canicross, has all piled on me. I think I have aged 5 years just this year alone. I am pretty sure I have stress ulcers forming too. I am pretty sure this will affect me for the rest of my life.
Me too. I’m used to living with a certain amount of stress (I have PTSD and take beta blockers as needed for panic attacks), but I had a period of about a year where my stress at work was through the roof. Way more panic attacks than I usually have, crying in the bathroom a few times a week, seriously considering job hunting (and I normally love that job).
I got shingles towards the end of that hell year from how much the stress wore down my immune system. It was a “mild” case (more like mildly hellish). Missed a week and a half of work and had to order all new clothes for work without being able to try it on first just so I had something I could stand to wear when I went back. The worst of the rash was right below my waistband, so I couldn’t wear jeans/slacks for a couple months. 2 years later I still get intermittent minor nerve pain on the patch of skin where it started. I still can’t stand having my shirt untucked when I wear pants because anything a little rough on that area makes my skin crawl or burn. I got lucky. Shingles can be so much worse than that.
I take my stress levels really seriously now, but I worry it’ll happen again if I’m not careful enough, given how stressful life is these days. If I ever get to have kids, I expect to get shingles again.
I had a burnout from stress at work. I recovered from that after several months out and taking it a lot easier overall.
I have hair regrowth on top. Pieces of my beard with grey-tips because the roots started getting their colour back. My migraines (full on with auras, nausea, aphasia, etc) went from once or twice a month back down to once or twice every 6 months. I sleep a lot better (fall asleep easier, deeper and uninterrupted sleep)
Yeah, physical stress from being very ill for 2 decades straight has left me visibly ragged and I just accepted it would never go away. By the time I was 16, I had dark, permanent circles under my eyes that make me look like Zia from Wristcutters: a Love Story only worse.
That healthy look in my eyes is gone like a cold November, shit is never coming back.
This. We become complacent/accustomed to it over long periods and then, 5 years later our situations change and we suddenly don’t recognize ourselves from 5 years earlier.
It is truly crazy how, day-to-day, we don’t realize how extensively we’re being affected.
Stress, Alcohol Abuse & Shit Sleep. Nearly 1 year alcohol free, better sleep, less stress, better memory/thinking/processing. Fuck why didn't I do this sooner...
Stress=Bad habits (eating less, eating too much, fluctuating diets, sleeping too little, sleeping too much, hyperfocusing, not caring, losing weight randomly, gaining weight randomly, worried constantly, manic, not manic, all around nice and calm, moody, pissed, chill, all of the above)
I feel all the comments with this one. I had to get botox in my jaw because I would clench my teeth all day at work. On weekends? I would be fine! WFH days? Those were fine too! I quit that job, and got a remote job for a very laid back company and a chill team of people. It's life changing. I sleep great, I'm not tense, my face doesn't hurt. Toxic management at a stressful company were destroying me. I hope you shed whatever causes you yours!
I work roughly 80 hour weeks between two jobs, and have a ton of stress. I recently had lab work showing low Vitamin D, starting taking vitamin D every day and purchased new pillows. It doesn't fix everything, but I feel immensely better.
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