Maybe I'll just read in bed all day...
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
August 9, 2020 10:51am CST
Hi Stress!
How the heck are ya? I can't say as I've missed you. You really aren't needed here, and I definitely don't want you inviting your buddy anxiety along for the ride. I thought I had gotten rid of you a few weeks ago, but it seems as if you are back and you've brought a bag with you this time. I'm sorry, but I just don't have a lot of space for you at the moment.
Maybe you could go visit your other friends, instead? Or perhaps it's time for you to take a long sabbatical away from the world? A nice mountain retreat. Like I said, I don't really need you here, and I don't think any of your other friends want you either.
No hard feelings, right? We all need a break from one another on occasion, don't we?
Sincerely,
Amber - Isn't Going to Let This Stress Get To Her - Lynn
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
Nor do I. Thank You. I'm listening to sounds of the ocean from pandora and that is helping me a bit. I'll get over it, I just have to distract myself and let my mind work through it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
Thank You. I spent a few minutes chatting with my friends which helped tremendously. I hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
@gr8nana6 I enjoy quiet days too. I've always enjoyed it. Family can go to sleep with the television on, and I think it even helps them. For me? I can not sleep with any kind of vocal noise because my mind starts to wake up and be curious as to what is going on.
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
9 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I did it was a quiet one which I like.
@JESSY3236 (20039)
• United States
10 Aug 20
I've been stressing out too. I would love to read in bed all day too. But I need to mop the kitchen floor today.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
I read for most of the day yesterday, but I spent some time on the chores. Mopping is one of my least favorite things.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
@JESSY3236 I think I might have woken up because of it, but went back to sleep. I think it was a little more intense out your way.
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@JESSY3236 (20039)
• United States
10 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Did you feel the earthquake yesterday?
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
Well, trying to be anyway. I think distraction is the key here.
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@paigea (36315)
• Canada
9 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Distraction or a complete change in activity helps me sometimes
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
@paigea Yes, same for me. I am feeling much better now. I can't believe half the day is gone either.
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@LindaOHio (181821)
• United States
9 Aug 20
Chill. Let the calm spread over you. PM me any time you'd like to talk. Did you get your yarn? Have a good Sunday, please!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
@LindaOHio Thank You, and you as well. I am feeling a lot better today, and am ready to tackle the shelves and start getting books ready to sell back to the thrift store. I am hoping I'll get some cash with them, but I'm assuming that it will all be paid in voucher.
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@LindaOHio (181821)
• United States
10 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Good girl! I'm glad you're feeling better.
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@LindaOHio (181821)
• United States
10 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Glad to hear that you're feeling a bit better and that you received your yarn! Have a good week.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
9 Aug 20
Yup that's understandable dear but good to see you back
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
I've been around the past few days, just not as active as usual. Thank You.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
10 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum hope you'll be here today for long
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
@Butterfingers I wasn't online a lot yesterday, but I might be online a little more today. I am thinking I might try to be online towards the nighttime here again, as I think it can be pretty busy here at the time.
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@snowy22315 (182267)
• United States
10 Aug 20
Stress and anxiety and their cousins boredom and depression can take a long walk off a short pier!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
Agreed. Though boredom rarely bothers me, he's very demanding when he is around.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
Agreed. Though boredom rarely bothers me, he's very demanding when he is around.
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
10 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum
I love this post. Thank you for it and it is very creative. Good for you.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
10 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum
You are very welcome and it was a compliment.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
Thank You, I am trying. I'm going to work on distracting myself a little bit and trying to get some housework done as well, that should help.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
9 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes that sounds like a plan. 
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
10 Aug 20
Wise way to knock the stress out by facing it up! I am so loving it!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
I was diagnosed with an anxiety issue at one time. That particular type of anxiety has gone away, but I still deal with stress and anxiety from time to time. I've had anxiety attacks in the past as well.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
@sophie09 No, but I don't have them as often as I once did. I was prescribed nerve pills at one time, though.
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@embejerano (61)
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9 Aug 20
Sometimes you have to accept that it's there, just accept. Accepting doesn't mean welcoming.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
I agree with you. Accepting it is the key to not letting it rule you.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
@embejerano I have done that in the past. I used to have bad anxiety attacks, but I learned to push through them as best I could. It wasn't easy.
@embejerano (61)
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9 Aug 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I always did that, whenever I started to feel it I would say "okay here we go again, come here and go"
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@shannybaby44 (9)
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10 Aug 20
Nice! I love thisthis energy I wish I was this positive all the time.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Aug 20
Oh, I am not always positive either, but I try to be.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Aug 20
Agreed. My biggest struggle is finding time to relax. I can't seem to do it unless I am away from the house completely.
