Hi everyone!
Something weird is happening. Yesterday I was in the middle
of a sale of one of my assets and I was just overcame with insane anxiety. I
had to submit an assignment last night and it’s still not complete now. I was
just stunned. So normally I would just cry a bit because it releases some
emotional pressure bit instead I called like 5 people and cleaned my place. I
haven’t been able to clean it for almost 2 weeks and this morning it was as if
it’s occupied by …well, a clean person! LOL!
So what does this mean?
Well 2 things have come to pass. My tearsgates are sealed
TIGHT. Not one tear was available for me which made it extra frustrating! It’s
like having a solution that temporarily works but now you can’t use it. Then I
watched some Youtube videos and that was shortlived because I don’t know how
the settings are right now but it’s so hard to discover new people so I got
bored and shut it down. Then it was time to scrub the evidence so I bagged the
garbage to get it ready for pick up the next morning, cleaned the kitchen and
packed my bedroom into place. Clean environment = Clean Mind? Not exactly but
it was a start because I felt a little lighter. It was already 2am so I did not
force myself to finish up my assignment because being tired at work has had
awful consequences for me in the past!
I think I’m familiar with what’s happening because my mom
suffers from the exact same thing. Every time she’s faced with an emotional
issue and tries to internalize it, it always comes out on her body.
One time
she had an operation done to cut out an unexpected, and yet to be explained,
growth in her shoulder when my brother became an overnight rebel and alcoholic.
She also keep being sick when she got a new principal that tried to destroy an
orphanage that she spent 10 years building. That time she had to wear an eye
patch after her eye got damaged when she kept getting a series of serious
tension headaches. And the list goes on.
People think that having anxiety is an easy thing to ‘adopt’
just because a lot of people suffer from it now. However, some people have it
but are not aware and then it makes itself apparent in different ways. One
thing I can draw from my own experience is to find a step by step guide on how
to go through the motions so that it can leave your body quicker or so that you
can rebuild faster. Sometimes a whole week can pass you by without you knowing
what happened and soon enough you won’t even remember what triggered it because
you’ll be neck deep in a depression pit.
In the space of reaching my home at 5pm I went through
insane worry. Will I be able to sell my asset? Do I want to sell it? Will I
ever get out of financial trouble? Made some coffee thinking it will keep me
calm. Met up with buyers. Buyers left with a lower offer than one I had in
mind. Should I take a walk? It’s too dark now. Call friend. He tried to make me
feel better but I can’t tell him about the sale because I did not tell him
about acquisition. Call friend I haven’t spoken to properly since she gave
birth. Network is awful. Friend calls me, love life trouble that I had I had to
put brakes to because I don’t understand why my heartbeat is so fast. Am I
upset about the sale. Mom calls, asks me when I’m coming home. Should I drive
to the store? No. Should I take a nap? No, its only 9. Let’s watch Life in
Pieces. Heartbeat the same but now feels coupled with heartburn. Open the
windows and the fan. Prepare a soothing bath. Wash dishes and clean room first.
Take a soothing bath. Try to sleep. Can’t sleep. Watch Life in Pieces again so
that you can sleep.
5am alarm goes off.
Work.
That is just one Tuesday night.
Concerning?
Definitely.
Do I still have the same worries this morning? Yes but it’s
time to focus on work because I still need to function like an unaffected human
being.
What will I do?
Finalize sale so that it doesn’t hibernate. The longer I
struggle to end the chapter the more I’ll worry about being financially afloat.
People think that you can ‘snap out’ of it by having a mindset change. I used
to be one of those people. Until it’s you or someone you know. Yes, effective
decisions definitely helps in order to get the ball rolling because the danger
is not make a decision at all and to be crippled by the unknown.
Be brave! Find a way!!
Xx
