Any good thoughtful, easy to use, high traffic stress and or anxiety forums?

Notice I said stress and or anxiety because they’re similar but different they play on each other.

I post a lot about anxiety in the fall. It’s way better than it used to be but it’s still makes unwanted guest appearances . So I’ve heard this term situational anxiety before and I’ve also read some say it doesn’t exist but I think it does.

It’s not all the time it may be a lingering lying low, Manageable, but then a certain situation just adds up to too much stress and it becomes bothersome. seems like it’s always in the fall and part of the winter, No coincidence fall and winter I’m more stressed.

Just an example I already had too many things , Projects,to do around the house today and now my kitchen faucets leaking. So now I have to do this first or soon. That was just enough to distract my sleep.

So like a many here I’m interested in learning about and trying to correct things versus just taking a medication that covers the symptoms and possibly has other side effects. Unfortunately there are some anxiety forums or 90% of the talk is just about what medicine they’re using and how often they take it how much etc., I’m not interested in that. I understand that maybe in extreme cases some people benefit from this, but not everyone needs it.

Anyone knows some good forums were there some thinking people on it many of us here could probably benefit from it.

Post Edited (astroman) : 10/9/2022 4:28:28 PM (GMT-7)

Fortunately,It’s not that kind of leak. it’s from the top part of the fuscett and it leaks forward into the sink.

You know those spray wand hoses?, they get wet from the way they’re made and water pretty commonly runs down the hose to the end of it and then drips off. What I do to combat that is I have one of those plastic dish cleaning tubs right there that I never move.

Post Edited (astroman) : 10/9/2022 3:15:14 PM (GMT-7)

I don’t normally have a problem until there’s just too much for me to do. That’s why I mentioned acute stress-based situational anxiety ,and in that case I take holy basil. When really bad in the past I took niacin.

I spent a lot of time in nature so although that is calming, if your car suddenly has issues or your faucet springs a leak, that’s not gonna help much on the current time frame.

Replaced some O-rings inside the faucet mechanism still leaks a little. But it leaks out into the sink only when you’re using it. So I’ll get to install a new sink next weekend not gonna do that in the middle of the week when I’m trying to work. Meantime I’ll just Make sure it doesn’t flow backwards on my countertop.

Post Edited (astroman) : 10/9/2022 2:58:49 PM (GMT-7)

“I spent a lot of time in nature so although that is calming, if your car suddenly has issues or your faucet springs a leak, that’s not gonna help much on the current time frame.”

- that made me laugh
- taking care of my flowers (about 33 potted plants) and picking up leaves in the yard are helping me keep some semblance of sanity right now

Very glad to hear you have a simple leaky faucet that doesn’t involve water damage. I think a lot of people are like my relative. They keep the cabinet underneath full of cleaning supplies or whatever and never know until they feel something wet or smell the rot and go looking for it.

So you worked with a home inspector. I should have known, LOL!! Funny thing is, when people like me look for a home, they tend to gloss over the warnings from the home inspection. Ours noted problems with the windows. Later after getting the home inspected by a real mold inspector from out of state and also a mold dog, we learned there was mold inside the wall cavities under all the windows on the front and back of the house.

When you don’t have a lot of money to buy a house or car, about all there are to pick from are bad houses and cars. I don’t know how moldy expensive homes are. Maybe they’re moldy. Maybe they’re not. I am guessing that people who have good houses and cars are holding onto them for dear life and aren’t selling. Either that or everything has something wrong with it and people don’t notice or care, because they’ve been conditioned by the world system to believe it’s normal and acceptable.

I know what you mean, it's very nerve wracking to feel like you have too much to do.

Sometimes, I just have to give it to God and ask him to help me. I get so nervous I can't think straight to do a good job on whatever I'm doing. But I know that God never gives us more than we can handle, so I ask him to help me get through it.

Right now I have two things due tomorrow, one I have yet to figure out, and I have to pack for a possibly stressful weekend trip, but at least I don't have a big project like last week.

Sometimes what helps me the most is comparing it to this summer when I was helping out at a kids program. I could NOT for the life of me figure out the activities or lesson plans (for 6 year olds). By the way, I am studying engineering.