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Originally Posted by amandalouise
When I get to feeling this way I go take a hot shower. I know the feelings are mental but sometimes treating the body ....as if.... the feeling of coldness and heaviness are physical it does this thing in the brain of stimulating \activating the brain into action again. kind of like on a cold winter day a hot cup of chocolate will bring about a change in moods and physically feeling better, or a nice glass of an iced beverage on a hot day helps to change the mood and helps a person feel emotionally better. sometimes when the mental or emotional shut down happens doing something that is at its most extremely simple most basic self care step like standing under a nice shower can cause the brain to activate all the positive stuff in the brain.
as for the no job, maybe set a small goal each day of applying to one place today or two or what ever you feel you can handle instead of maybe trying to get it done all at once. take little step
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Thank you, that was really good advice. I had a super nice cup of tea today and just didn't put any pressure on myself. I think I'm rapid cycling: once I snapped out of it a little, I started overthinking everything that has happened to me lately and now I'm angry and wanting to vent. I've been posting on here almost every day, and I don't know what else to do. Right now I'm dealing with the fact that my previous employer, the job that I just quit/got fired from, refused to pay my final paycheck and wasn't paying the taxes she was withholding from my check, so she owes me about $1100. I filed a claim with the department of labor, but the process could take months, if I ever even get my money. I just feel helpless and angry, and I'm alternating between that and panic over paying my bills this month. The panic makes me freeze, the anger makes me type. I'm just in this awful cycle and I'm so, so, so frustrated. I'm a control freak and I hate being out of control. I did get a job though, as a waitress at a steak place. It should be okay, but I just found out that the waitresses here earn less than half of what they did in my last state, so now I'm scared that even with this job, I won't be able to make my bills. Which makes me freeze. Again. And I have homework assignments due, but I'm just so scatterbrained and I can't focus. I'm obsessing. UGH!