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Old Feb 03, 2020, 12:09 AM
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Recently I posted about having terrible school anxiety, but in the past two weeks I have dealt with a whole new type of anxiety. I currently live with my grandparents and help take care of them. My grandpa has many health problems and recently these problems made him end up in a hospital. Yesterday he was released and now he is in a rehab facility. I have been worrying non-stop about him and visiting him as much as possible. In the middle of all of this I lost my pet hamster. He was my child and best friend and his death hit me really hard on top of everything else that has been going on.

I was already anxious about school, but now with all this going on I feel like I am going to explode.
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Old Feb 03, 2020, 12:03 PM
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Hi skittytab,

It is really heartbreaking what you have been going through. I nearly cried when I read your post. Any of the things you suffered would be devastating for me personally and you are dealing with all of them at the same time. Wish I knew what to say to help. My heart goes out to you and I hope you get some relief from your anguish, grief and stress!
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Old Feb 08, 2020, 08:10 PM
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I am so, so sorry that you're having an excess of grief and anxiety. My heart goes out to you for the loss of your hamster. Losing a pet is a very specific and painful type of loss. I'm so sorry.
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Old Feb 09, 2020, 12:07 AM
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I am sorry for your loss and your relative , i hope you can make it through i know you will
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Old Feb 09, 2020, 06:50 AM
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Do you have someone to talk with? Someone to support you emotionally? The feelings you are experiencing sound pretty 'normal' given the circumstances you describe---
It does sound like you really need something that will relax you for a time each day (?exercise, yoga, dancing/music...a meet up group/school club/activity?)---something just for You---one hour in which you allow yourself to be free of responsibilities. Don't let the anxiety/panic stop you (I've lived with it for years, it really does make a difference to find a place/activity that absorbs you for a while--)
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Old Feb 13, 2020, 01:22 AM
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I’m curious, you tagged your post as death anxiety, so have you begun to fear or agonize about your own mortality as result of theses losses? I went through a really bad spell of death anxiety about 5 years ago, but I don’t remember it having any specific triggers. I had to have my cat put down a little less than two years ago so I know the pain losing a pet can cause. I was fine until the vet assistant took her from me then I started blubbering like a baby.
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