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Dec 14, 2013 at 04:14 AM
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I am freaking out right now. Why, you ask? There was a bug in my apartment, which I had to kill. A rational level of disgust, discomfort, or fear is warranted around creepy crawlies. A spiral into needing to clean my entire apartment and being convinced that this one bug is going to give my daughter a terrible illness? Probably not. At least I'm trying to convince myself that it isn't. It's not, right? Haha. I am so spun up that I can think of nothing but cleaning my apartment, and how I am a terrible mother because it needs to be cleaned in the first place. I've been so depressed that things are not in the shape they should be. What the heck do y'all do when you get worked up like this? It's as if my body can't turn off the response to the "threat" forever after it has passed.
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Dec 14, 2013 at 06:25 AM
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I know how hard it is to stop thinking about it after you're worked up. bugs are a big one for me too. The other day I saw a piece of lint on my dog, and spent an hour trying to convince myself it was a flea....even though I knew it wasn't. I got itchy, stared a mole I've had all my life waiting for it to crawl away. I can be really ridiculous sometimes.
 What helps me try shut it off are mindless distractions - blast music, video games, art, exercise, a shower...basically anything that diverts my thoughts so I forget to think about it.
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Dec 14, 2013 at 09:11 PM
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Haha, I know what you mean about being ridiculous! I was in tears over that stupid bug. Thanks for those tips. I think exercise would be helpful when I have a moment like that in the future. I have a hard time sitting still, so maybe it would get the restless energy out.
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Dec 15, 2013 at 11:22 AM
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anything to focus either mental or physical energy on usually helps, exercise is good but I also like puzzles or computer games. or cleaning out a closet or something.
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