Coping strategies
I want yall's advice and experience on how you regulate your emotions healthily. I've noticed that I've increasingly become more stressed in my life as I contend with wanting to do well at work and feeling like I'm not as well as being stressed about how dates feel about me. I have not done any emotional dumping I just feel like my mood swings too easily when people don't reply and such after we have talked some. I think I read into things too far because I'm used to people just disappearing if I've been boring- so goes the apps.
I have thus far kept this to myself as I don't want to burden people who are invested in me (particularly my mom, I've seen how she worries to much and gets stressed over my siblings). I also don't share because I don't want to look weak (standard dude stuff- probably not healthy). Last week I got heart palpitations which I attribute to my growing stress. Now I'm just sitting here just tense, figuring peoples advice might be better than chat GPT's. I'm also watching a storm outside which is awesome but I digress
it'd probably be good for me to share with someone IRL but idk. seems like something i cant go back from. How much can someone else knowing really help. do you guys have any thoughts on sharing with people in my life or any alternative coping patterns, mechanisms or otherwise?