Your weird reactions to severe stress?

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i am not 'k9".

it is very complicated. my greedy sister has convinced my father that she is the only one that cares for him.
she gets him drunk and then he signs anything she gives him without reading it.
she has the personality of a very competent "matron".

my father is distraught after my mother died, and that sister is the most resemblant of my mother who was also matronly (but fair and not greedy)
my sister has already swindled about $2 million of his estate into her hands with his drunken signatures.
she is a serious b***h and i can do nothing because i can not play her game at her level.

whatever. no need for anyone but me to worry.

oh sorry about that, b9, I think it's the robot icon, it made me think of k9 (used to be a dr who robot).

That about sums it up.

Wow, I'll say. When I was in basic training I quickly became known as the King of the Head due to the fact I would spend a ton of time on the throne. It was the only place I could go to get any sort of privacy or breathing room to think. That and the literally constant level of heightened stress... Well, let's not get into that.

Nowadays, one of the things I do that I doubt many others would is actually become obsessed with confronting the source of my stress. Any consistent source, particularly one provided by the actions or perceptions of others, becomes maddening in that I'm always thinking about it and trying to figure out how to deal with it. Attempting to do something about it, to take control, even if I fail, is in itself a potent source of relief. Sticking up for myself has gotten me into a lot of trouble in the past, but all in all I think it was worth it every time.