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Does anyone else feel like you’re too worried about how other drivers are perceiving you? I feel like this is my biggest issue. I know you’re supposed to be courteous to other drivers and pay attention to them to an extent, but I feel like i’m so focused on what other drivers are thinking of me that it makes driving feel more like a performance than getting to where I need to go.

I’m 19 and finally getting more comfortable with the idea of learning to drive but I keep psyching myself out that it won’t be worth it and I’ll still be anxious even after I get my license, and won’t ever be able to drive like everyone else. Does anyone else go through this and how can I help myself feel more optimistic?

I’ve found that at night my only distraction is getting on my phone, which i’m trying to do less of. What are your best distractions for anxiety?

Hi everyone, i’ve been struggling with driving anxiety for almost 4 years and have only driven maybe 3 or 4 times. I’m ready to conquer my fear but of course since I don’t have a license I don’t own a car. I don’t really know anyone who would let me use their car other than my bf but his car is broken down :( Is anyone else going through this or maybe have advice on what I should do?

I don’t even really know how to describe this but when my anxiety is really bad, I will drift off to sleep and get very fast and vivid thoughts that make absolutely no sense and keep me from fully falling asleep. It sends my whole body into a panic attack and I have to immediately get on my phone as a distraction. Does anyone else experience this? I feel like i’m dying or going crazy when it happens. it’s really exhausting

i’m going through a panic attack right now because my brain starts spiraling over nonsensical things as soon as I drift off to sleep. My muscles are tight and I’m just so tired. It feels like i’m dying every time and my heart starts to beat out of my chest

I couldn’t really think of a good title for this but my (19F) bf (20M) and I are living with his mom until we are able to get a small apartment together. The living situation hasn’t been the best but i’m grateful, and she hasn’t made us pay anything so that we can focus more on saving which I am also grateful for. We’ve been together for about 2 and a half years and living here for 1 year. I’m in college with no car so i’ve been trying to balance between saving for a car, an apartment, and paying off my schooling.

All was going good and we were planning on moving out as soon as possible until recently my bf decided that instead of saving for an apartment he decided to randomly join a motorcycle club and he’s now focusing on spending $2,500 on a motorcycle. I didn’t want to start an argument but when he said that my stomach dropped a little bit because of how angry it made me. He says that he now wants to postpone moving out until next year, which really frustrates me because i’m really ready to move from where I currently live for details I won’t get into here. i’ve explained this to him and he doesn’t really seem to care other than saying that he’s trying, but I can’t help but feel like he’s not trying at all. He has almost nothing saved up for the apartment and now all of a sudden he wants to make this big useless purchase. (I forgot to mention he has a car, so he does have another form of transportation)

Also I know $2,500 isn’t a lot for a motorcycle but it is in our situation considering we don’t have much and are just trying to get started. I also didn’t want to seem like I was overstepping by policing his financial decisions since we’re not married. AIO for feeling angry that my bf isn’t taking this as seriously as I am?

Hi everyone, i’m new to selling art and have only completed one commission and now onto my second one. The customer asked for a 30x30 painting which for me has a base cost of $100. For the shipping on USPS a package that big would be $53!! plus the canvas which will be around $20… and I would have to buy a large box which on amazon is around $30. I almost feel bad that there would be such a high price jump and feel like i’m doing something wrong. Or is this normal?

The number one thing I want to do right now is learn to drive and be comfortable with driving, but I keep going in and out of being motivated. How do you all find and keep the motivation going?

With everything being online now, I almost lose sight of why I want to drive in the first place, I keep resorting to ordering everything online because it seems like the safest option. Some days I am extremely motivated and make good progress, others I don’t think i’m enough and my efforts are pointless. This has really been a mental struggle for me and I don’t know how it’s so easy for everyone else.

I’m 19f and I have really no interest in alcohol or anything like it. I’ll be honest and say that the reason I really don’t want to try it is general lack of interest, alcoholism runs in my family, I know it will make my anxiety worse, and i’m honestly just terrified of how it might make me feel. But I don’t say this when people ask me if I want to drink, I just turn it down with every made up excuse I can think of. Whenever I tell people I don’t want to drink alcohol or anything of the sort they act surprised or they keep pushing me to try some even after I say no. I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything by not having it and I feel like anyone who pressures people into trying it relies on alcohol to have any fun. Needless to say if someone does try to pressure me into doing something I don’t want to, I find it really trapping and anxiety inducing especially if it’s someone i’m close to. I start to panic in the moment.

Hi everyone i’m just wondering if this has happened to anyone else. For the past few weeks i’ve been having insomnia issues so I got some melatonin, 5mg gummies. I used them maybe 3 times back to back and they worked really well, like they knocked me out by just eating one gummy. This is the first night where I haven’t had them (i didn’t want to become dependent) and my anxiety is sooo bad. Worse than before I even got them.

I keep going in and out of panic attacks, dissociating. I did manage to fall asleep for about an hour but I woke up with my heart racing and terrified for no reason. Has this happened to anyone else? Skipping the melatonin is the only thing i’ve really changed. This is the worst my anxiety has been in a really long time

I have an interview for my food stamp application and i’m not really worried about basic questions like what’s my SSN and things like that, but I don’t really know what to say when they ask about things like utility bills and rent because I don’t actually pay any of those things since i’m living with my boyfriend’s mom until August.

Does anyone know if I can tell them that I just don’t pay anything housing wise or will I have to get these things from my boyfriend’s mom? I’m not on the lease or any of the payments. Do I just tell them $0 for everything? This is my first time applying so i’m not really sure.

When I did my application I just put $0 on everything and explained my situation on the comment section at the end. I’m also in school full time so I should qualify in my state.

Thank you to anyone who responds!

Hi everyone,

I’m quite upset since my 12 year old Yorkie has been having a honking cough followed by hacking. I feel like it’s slowly getting worse and she usually does it a lot at night. I’ve read up on people’s experiences and some say their dogs have died from this and that’s really scary.

I’ve also read up on treatments and will probably not go the surgery or stent route since i’ve heard they can cause complications. I haven’t taken her to the vet yet so maybe i’m jumping to conclusions, but for people who have taken their pets to the vet for tracheal collapse and decided to go the medication route: how much did it cost you? i’m in college right now and don’t really have a lot of money, I have some money saved willing to spend on her so long as I can afford it.

I usually walk her with a loose collar but I won’t be using a collar at all anymore just in case.

Thanks to anyone who responds, i’m hoping we can get through this

This is one of the most scariest feelings I think my anxiety gives me. I’ve barely had sleep all through the night and finally started drifting off but it was like I wasn’t fully asleep for awhile and woke up really confused and panicky like I felt disconnected from my own surroundings.

I’ve felt this before and know it goes away eventually, but it scares me so much I start to get nauseous. I think this happens because most of my panic attacks happen while i’m sleeping. Does this happen to anyone else?

Hey everyone, I’m 19 in college and looking for a job that isn’t super social. I don’t mind a little social interaction from time to time but try to avoid constant interaction because it’s not really my thing. I’m interested in becoming a room attendant at somewhere like Holiday Inn or Best Western. Has anyone worked as a room attendant? would you ever recommend? do you get tips from time to time? thanks so much :)

it’s 3am currently and I was just laying in bed and feel a stinging tingling on my ankle and I look and it’s a giant reddish brown ant with wings. I think it was a winged carpenter ant since they’re common where I live but now i’m lowkey panicking because i’m hyper fixated on every little sensation on my body because i’m terrified of having a reaction. it bit me a couple of times. I washed the area but i’m still so scared