every time we go out to eat, I take like two bites and feel like throwing up, and I’m not one to get nauseous easily. this only started when we started dating (wed been best friends for 3 years or so up until that)
its not new food, I’ve been to these places many times before
It’s called an anxiety attack. Talk to a therapist about it.
That does not sound like an anxiety attack.
Oh, really Doctor?
And while you’re disqualifying trauma victims, are there any rape victims you’d like to tell “had it coming” or were “just imagining things”?
Since, with your psychic powers, you know so much. …
You’re the one playing psychic doctor by diagnosing mental illness over the internet based on little to no information.
Tell me more about what I’m thinking as you reading my mind
While you’re at it, open up a drive-thru, since you’re also a world-class projector.
What the fuck is up with this kind of behaviour on Lemmy tonight? So many people flying off the handle at the slightest hint of disagreement.
You need to chill the fuck out. Also, if they’re a world-class projector they should open a drive-IN not a drive-thru. This is cringy ass behaviour. Smh
too poor for therapy lol (I need it but womp womp)
I’ve heard great things about these self-help tools from the Australian Centre for Clinical Interventions: https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself/Social-Anxiety
Then journal. Dump your thoughts onto paper, consider and reconsider. Just write out what you think. It can be a text file, a paper notebook with pen, whatever. Just write a lot.
yeah that could help, I’ve just always been a “bottle it up and call it a day” kind of guy
dunno, my mental health has been improving now that I’m out of school honestly so well see
Except for at the beginning of dinner dates.
Do you at least acknowledge it’s psychological? That unless she’s dosing your first bite with ipecac, there’s no physical reason to feel nauseous during the first couple bites of dinner dates?
Don’t bottle it up. Decades of experience talking here. Do what you can to come to terms with your feelings, thoughts, etc. Then find a job that has good mental health care and see a therapist.
Advice: you will likely need to try out a couple before you find the right one. When you’re comfortable with someone, you’ll know.
I find it helpful sometimes to write down the negative shit then wad it up and throw it away or burn the paper.
Don’t bottle up. That was the whole point of Inside Out. You have to experience the emotions.