Stress for 'no reason'

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Sometimes I feel REALLY REALLY stressed but for no particular reason. It's like all the little stressful things connect together in some way so the total stress is way more than the sum of the parts. Then my brain starts to get all buzzy feeling and I can't think so well and I just want to curl up in a ball somewhere. Curling up in a fetal position get's you fired, so I just start walking through the rooms in my mind and shut off the lights for awhile, put it on autopilot, and slog through.

Gah!

I usually experience this kind of thing when I forget about some of the things I am supposed to get done. And then I have vague issue that there is SOMETHING I have to do I am not doing. I don't know what that "something" is and that leads to just a general feeling of stress "for no reason". But then a long time afterwords I finally remember what "the reason" was, and this whole thing becomes very real.

I know what you mean.

I can feel really stressed when I'm not actually doing anything. All I know is I'd have a lot of stuff sitting on my mind. So stress can occur not just from all the things you're doing, but from how crowded your mind is. In my experience it may also be my head telling me I need to get out and clear it, even if it's just a walk.

I also get stressed when I'm tired. It could be at the end of the day and I'd feel all groggy. Being tired can make you irritable, in a horrible mood, angry, emotional and really really really agitated and fed up.

Again, this is just from my experiences, but maybe it's the same for you. Do you need a lot of sleep? How often do you get out and stimulate yourself? If you feel little things are piling up, find a way to vent them out. Usually I have a friend I can rant to. Or you could keep a blog/journal/notebook/diary thing and write it all down. At least then you'll soon realise what things stress you out most and can move on to find out ways to avoid/help them.

Hope you're feeling alright!

I'm such a good liar.

I was making coffee in the break room. A coworker walks in, ask "How are you?" I, like a good human, say, with the appropriate slightly cheerful inflection and tone of voice "Fine! How are you?", She says "Fine". All the while my true state of mind is more like an impending nuclear explosion.

I've got the act down pat.


I think both of you are correct. I always have this sense of forgetting something important. Probably because I regularly do lose track of important things. And I also just get so much in my head at once. Too much to process.

I do work out, but not enough. I get about 6 to 7 hours sleep every night. But even on the weekends I don't sleep in, so I'm not thinking I'm sleep deprived.

Meh.

Well, I'm a Master Procrastinator so there are always loads of things I have to do sitting just at the edge of consciousness. This is the normal state of affairs, though, so I don't know if it's the reason for my often extreme anxiety. Only darkness and the cessation of immediate responsibilities at the end of the day can put it to (temporary) rest.

wavefreak58,

I haven't rolled into a fetal ball, but I did everything else. I can relate.

Most of my life to date contained right here.

The stress for 'no reason' makes a lot of sense to me. I get it a lot, but most significantly it was a prelude to my burnout in college in 2003.

I hope you're able to take care of yourself - if not now, then soon. The situation sounds like it'll be untenable soon if it already isn't.

It's Friday. I'll be OK in a few more hours.

Well, hold out as best you can!

I am terrible for letting "little things" build up over time until I am almost suffocating in stress. Other times I might have a panic attack for no particular reason. If My wife had not taken over the finances and bill paying, I would have lost it.

Yes I get this. I always think there is something that is triggering it. For one if I have too many things going on in my life, I get stressed out. There are things I probably can't handle and I keep pushing myself.

Not much consolation here, but I can definitely identify ...

Life is hard, and then we die.

Somehow, however, we can survive it together.