Posts by Donna Phillips95

Donna Phillips95 said:🙂

😢
Look, hear me out.
Me:
I don't even watch movies with subtitles anymore,
once I get focused, I start rushing through chores (cleaning up, but with serious intensity),
and when I'm walking down the street, I try to hurry along and avoid looking at the ground,
...
I know it sounds ridiculous, but...🤷

stormygull53 said:Honestly guys, forget all about those medications or detoxes!
I’ve struggled for as long as I can remember with stepping on those awful cracks and seams in the pavement. If I accidentally stepped on one, I’d be hit with waves of nausea and pure panic, my heart just racing out of my chest... and it went on like that for years, day after day. There were so many awkward moments, too, because I’d find myself having to back up half a mile, cross the street entirely, or even hop over a fence just so I could stay on flat, smooth ground.🤣
It actually felt nauseating just watching other people walk right over them without a second thought, and slowly, I started to realize that I was the one who had this issue. So, over the next few months, I started mentally preparing myself to finally step on one of those cracks—it took a while, but I actually did it!!🙂
Now, I can do it almost normally. I still have the occasional flare-up, but at least I’m not acting like a total maniac, trying to dodge two cars and a five-meter stretch of sidewalk just to avoid a seam.
What I really wanted to say is that you just have to face these things head-on, just like any other fear! It isn't easy at first, but anything is possible if you try!👍

🙂 This is such a beautiful message! Thank you.😉

And how about you, how are you holding up?

I might sound a bit slow here, but I was genuinely caught off guard seeing that medication could actually handle this.
I guess... I just hadn't accepted that things could get that intense.

Now, I find myself constantly on edge at the office, trying to make sure my coworkers don't catch onto my erratic behavior!
Though, let’s be real, they've probably all noticed by now—they're just being polite enough not to say anything.🙄

When you mention "alternative methods," what kind of stuff are we talking about?
Until now, I honestly thought those were the only options out there.

I've finally had enough!
Today at the USPS, the clerk actually asked me to stop fidgeting with a scrap of paper in my hand because it was DISTRACTING HER FROM HER JOB!
At first, I thought, "What a lady," then I felt like a jerk for being rude, but then it hit me—this is one of those things, like skipping lines, counting letters in a word, or tracking words in a sentence while reading subtitles...
So, I did some digging to find an actual diagnosis, and the very first result popped up on Reddit.
Now that I see the full list of symptoms, honestly, I'm starting to panic.
LOOK, I AM EVEN SMASHING THESE KEYS IN A SPECIFIC PATTERN RIGHT NOW!
Can you believe this?😕