u/BungaSaavi25

The keyword being “cause”. I know of course nicotine cravings creates anxiety but those feel different as opposed to the symptoms of anxiety disorders.

Or is it just the cognitive dissonance from smoking(doing something that we don’t internally agree on) that causes the anxiety disorder symptoms. I realised that ever since my anxiety disorder came about, my body and mind is pushing me towards leading a better life per se as in one without vices but that life gave me more depression that I really couldn’t tolerate trust me.

The pics really look good for a date but how’s the desserts there? Not gonna have any mains

23M here from South Asian and South East Asian background. I recently went on my very first date last week and am really confused on the feelings I felt and how to take it forward.

So basically, the whole date just felt super magical in a way I cannot explain. It slowly built up towards the end only. She also texted after the date that she felt really comfortable with me and such.

However, all these euphoria kinda feelings sorta went away and right now I am feeling very objective. I still do like her, get butterflies when she text and would love to know her more BUT that feeling of euphoria is off and it feels good?

Is it because those heightened feelings were just my brain reacting to a new experience? Also maybe it’s cuz to be really honest, maybe we both might just end up being good friends instead and that is completely fine with me.

Is this how dating is supposed to feel like?

I’m meeting her again this week and hope it leads somewhere.

I’ve been smoking for a few months with GAD and other stuff(gonna quit soon) and only now am I able to differentiate the two different types of anxiety- cigg cravings and actual normal anxiety.

I really cannot imagine someone who has 0 mental health issues starting smoking- at least for those my age (23). Maybe social smoking but that’s about it.

Also wonder is this why some people who quit cold turkey don’t have withdrawals? Because they never had anxiety and the only so called anxiety they had were cigarettes cravings.

I saw some past posts on this activity and wanted to confirm if purchasing just 1 ticket is enough. I’m planning to bring a date here after visiting a cafe.

Also I’d like if anyone can explain how the game works.

Thank you!

Trying to plan a second date and remember her saying she likes chocolate kinda desserts like awfully chocolate type.

I would like to bring her somewhere like that but in a small cozy sitting and also somewhere good to walk around later nearby.

Thank you!

23M just went on my first date ever and it was wonderful. But after which I started to have intrusive obsessions whether I find her beautiful or am I focusing on looks yada yada.

Now, I have been through worst themes in the past 1 year- name all the taboo ones and I have got it. It took me a tough 6 months to start saying fuck you to them and start living on my terms.

I do acknowledge that the ocd might be there but I am not gonna let it control me ever. This woman literally made me feel like I was on cloud TEN and even if this doesn’t materialise further, I am fine with it but no I’m not letting ocd make me feel negative about the date and her.

Asides, I just feel scared if we were to actually proceed further on in this. She is already open to going on a second date. I feel scared because I feel like she needs to know what I went through mentally but I don’t know how to even tell someone about taboo ocd. It is not my life right now, but it left a deep scar in me that I still carry with me.

23M here. I don’t know if I’m having an episode cuz it’s been a year since the onset of my declining mental health and I’ve been getting numb.

But right now I’m having so many thoughts of whether I’m gonna behave inappropriately, am I gay like will I not be attracted to her, overthinking a whole goddamn life till marriage and kids with this person whom I don’t even know anything about. Limerence I guess.

I have all these thoughts swirling around, I don’t think I am absorbing or acknowledging them but it’s just there. Something in me is preventing from acknowledging them but what if?…

I don’t know, if anything this date will show me something about myself

A year ago, a first severe panic attack set off my GAD which led to ocd and depression. I saw many shit in my mind that I hate till this day and all the turmoil I went through. Right now, I can get through any symptom and not feel sorry for myself.

It’s like, all this anxiety seems like a joke to me and like a game that my mind is playing because of the 23 years of anxious brain patterns I formed. Everytime I do an exposure and rewire it, I feel like a god lowkey.

But then this leaves me mentally and emotionally drained deep down. I feel like life is not beautiful anymore and that I have “lived” life already if you get what I mean. The reason I wanna address this is because I’m sorta talking to someone right now and something in me is just saying that I don’t deserve love and all because I won’t be able to keep it.

But still deep down I wanna be happy with someone and make them feel the same too.

Ok so I have been facing head on all my initial symptoms for a year now- dizziness, dissociation and panicky feelings uneasiness and all.

Like I just do what I normally do if that was not there u see.

But rn I’m having jitters and I can’t really mask it anymore. I constantly feel like something is stuck in my throat. Before GAD, I only got this feeling before speaking to someone but now it’s just there for no fucking reason.

I am still talking and eating as per normal eventhough it’s 2x harder rn but is this the way to approach?

A year ago I finally broke due to life stressors and experienced a concoction of depression anxiety ocd. I wasn’t able to seek help and tried to heal on my own whilst attending college and maintaining a social life.

I had to smile through the pain and found myself really isolated from society and such. Normally when u search up online for mental health stuff it’s usually love or family situation related which is more common and people are able to discuss about it. Whereas for me, I don’t even know why and how I went down this hell hole. So many unnecessary thoughts and physical symptoms that many people will find weird when I open up. Online self help videos were my only friend.

Right now, I’m holding up well and have learnt many lessons throughout this journey but I just don’t find many things enjoyable. I’ve started to go back to negative coping mechanisms and simply don’t feel afraid or guilty.

I’m going to do my internship soon and have told myself to work on building good habits then which I hope works. Does anyone relate to it?

I have barely smoked tbh but stress and stuff got to me last year and I experienced a first ever panic attack but I attributed it to my light smoking than 23 years of emotional suppression.

Ever since then I am only managing my anxiety never fully cured and unrelated to that I keep on having depressive episodes. I really want to smoke as it really helps me emotionally but the physical symptoms it gives me sucks so bad and after 2 months of starting back again imma stop because my body is sick of it and it’s so damn expensive in my country. I also can’t seem to cut down and the amount only keeps on increasing per day.

Idk how to process this as I really wanted a vice to get me through shit but seems like I can’t have any. Docs keep on trying to prescribe me meds but I know that’ll only mask symptoms.

Life has been really shit for the past few months so I haven’t been eating well and picked up smoking again for past 2 months plus. I recently cut a mullet off and since then been experiencing rapid hair loss and my scalp is so much in pain. Idk how to fix thissss. I’m going to stop my smoking today and start eating healthier because none of my family members are bald

I thought I was in remission for a few months but my university finals got to me and I’m in a severe crisis with real event which I know for sure happened though it’s all in the past. This post gonna be my last compulsion as I proceed on to grinding for a paper tmr which I have NOT studied the whole sem.

Fuck ocd fuck anxiety fuck depression. I will continue to thrive