To the surprise of probably nobody I've been a little out of it recently. But today I will catch up with sig.
>>39978043
Oh I see, it didn't even occur to me! Looking good though already, hope you find a nice solution for the pimples (and ofc that you can get your top in the near future).
>>39978926
What kinda spirals are they? Some feelings, like anger, often need something cathartic. For me it can help to just vent my anger and express it to someone, ranting for 10-20 minutes until it fizzles out. The friends I do this with understand, and do the same when they need it.
>Do you have any techniques that you tend to follow?
A couple, yeah. With friends I very often try to articulate my feelings to the best of my ability, or sometimes take a moment to try and put into words how I am feeling in a given moment. I noticed I am the most volatile when I grow faintly aware of being agitated and start pushing these thoughts away. "The situation is escalating" is a thought I find myself having more often *before* it's too late these days. It doesn't reliably snap me out of it yet, however. Another thing I personally really, REALLY need to learn is to walk away and deescalate that way.
>>39979303
>I'm not good at keeping it real with people, I always worry I'll do something wrong and get into trouble or something.
I am sure that this comes from your past lived experience, especially coming from a messy family situation where people sometimes react with volatility to things entirely unrelated to the problem can cause us to become anxious. After all, if we feel like there is no rhyme or reason to when people blow up at us, we start to think it's our fault somehow, even though the reality is more often than not the reasons they reacted that way was completely removed from us.
>I hope things become more stable for you soon.
Well, the brunt of paperwork will be the next two weeks, a funeral on Saturday... and then things will slow down.