u/aequor48

Only the most persistent and demanding customers take the bold steps necessary to drag the REAL truth from our lips! And you’ve done it in record time with your impressively belligerent manner! What you have long suspected is true! All archivists and records managers are liars who take pleasure in clutching secrets to our chests and giggling!! Thank goodness you strolled in and rescued this file (which is definitely real! and has totally been here all along!) from being lost in obscurity forever!!!

It’s like my body KNOWS.

I’m scheduled for surgery in two days and the past few weeks my stomach issues have been flaring up more than usual. Lots of random stomachaches, heartburn at nonsensical times, gas pains up the wazoo, etc. Doesn’t seem to matter what I consume. Super annoying but whatever, I have flares for no reason sometimes.

Then in the last 24 hours I’ve experienced sudden intense gastrointestinal fun of both varieties, excruciating gas pains, simultaneous hunger / lack of appetite, and this morning I woke up with heartburn so bad I thought I was going to die lol.

I’m guessing having to stop all supplements for the week before surgery (RIP fiber gummies) is not helping, but it can’t be causing ALL of this chaos, right? Cuz that’d be nuts.

Like, I’m just trying to get to Wednesday 😭 but my stomach is refusing to go down without a fight apparently. Just curious if anyone else’s body insisted on a last hurrah (at least I hope it’s the last, I have had too many hurrahs).

Yes hello it is like 97 degrees F in the northeastern US today and heat is a biiiig big environmental trigger for me and also it’s Tuesday aka the busiest commute day of the week (I take a train into a city and can’t work remote) and I am a week away from le period and I am trying not to burst into a zillion pieces while screaming 🤠

The generic advice if you’re overstimulated or anxious due to environmental factors is to go somewhere quiet to calm down. I love this advice! It is so practical!!! Like okay yeah lemme just hop off this subway train real quick and do some deep breathing in a grimy vestibule! Lemme just tell my coworkers I’m about to explode and escape to the shared echoey bathroom with two stalls that don’t lock properly! Lemme just stop traveling while I’m traveling! Lemme just ditch my groceries mid-shop and sprint for the nearest shady meadow! Lemme just slip into another dimension real quick!!!

97% of the time when I am overstimulated by noise, heat, crowds, smells, etc, I CANNOT JUST GET OUT OF IT EVEN IF I WANT TO. Because real life doesn’t accommodate and the world doesn’t care if loud noises make you want to dive into a well.

Like what are we supposed to do?? (I am actually interested in tips if anyone has them lol cuz I am at a LOSS)

Edit: The replies to this are full of genuinely helpful tips and are making me feel so validated 😭 thank you, fellow ferals.