Tag Archives: stress
Night dreads
You’re in a nice, deep sleep, dreaming and everything, then you abruptly wake up. Maybe there was a sound or some disturbance, maybe something going on in your dream, or maybe it was just a random occurrence. In any case, … Continue reading
How am I doing? [Please give your response as a rating 1 to 5 and provide detailed comments in the box provided]
A few months ago, I initiated a weekly sub-group meeting for a small group people in my lab that work on similar projects. I decided to try this out to prevent people from spending time on problems other people already … Continue reading
Well sorry if I don’t want to be your friend
This is going to sound very whiny and privileged, but I’m sick of people forcing their friendship on me. I’m sorry, but I’m under no obligation to be your friend. It’s one thing to be polite to people, to reciprocate … Continue reading
I need to rethink how I de-stress
I’m not used to dealing with stress because I’ve always thrived on stress. My greatest work came at times when I was the most stressed out, and it’s hard for me to get things done if I’m not super stressed … Continue reading
I wear my stomach problem like a badge of honor
Why do I do that? I mentioned this briefly before, but I really want to dive into how mega fucked up this is, so let me quickly recap. Last semester was incredibly stressful for me due to a variety of … Continue reading
Never Settle
I was thinking about my Tinder addiction a lot this week. Okay, let’s not call it an addiction because that makes me sound like a sexual predator. Let’s call it my Tinder enthusiasm. Really, it’s just the intersection of my … Continue reading
Working my way towards getting therapy
So first let me just do a quick complaint about the university mental health services. Remember in my other post about therapy, where I described the procedure at my old university? They had the mandatory phone call triage appointment before … Continue reading
Stress free for 2018!!
Remember when I was talking about all of my weird health problems way back? Maybe you don’t because who could honestly care about health problems from someone that would eat an entire family-sized back of Doritos several times a week … Continue reading
Thursday Night Dinner
I had a panic attack last Thursday. It was the first one I’ve had since the beginning of April. I’m not doing anything this summer except hanging around at home, and so I don’t have nearly as much stress as … Continue reading
Used Coffee Grounds 