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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
I'm very stressed
I have something coming up that I'm extremely stressed about. I'm losing sleep at night and have a knot in my stomach almost all of the time. Anyone have any suggestions of ways to mentally prepare myself for something stressful or ways to de-stress?
Re: I'm very stressed
I tend to have a lot of stress/ anxiety.... taking a big trip, making a presentation at work, my wedding!, etc. I don't know what your situation is, though, so I dunno if my suggestions will help.
There's medication, which I have opted out of, but I find that the one true way to get over my stress/ anxiety is to picture the entire event start to finish.. either practicing a presentation a million times, allowing myself 2-minute regrouping sessions at my wedding, etc. And then when I'm actually in the situation, I try to stay positive, cheery, and be concerned with the actual event, not the part that's stressing me out.
Don't know if this helped, but GL!
That does help. I always imagine the absolute worst. Maybe I can start by trying to not picture the worst that could happen. My imagination can get away with me.
That sucks that your stuck dealing with a runaway imagination. Just know that what is in your head is no where near what is actually going to happen.
If its an event that has me stressed out, I make a countdown and plan something really fun for afterwards. That way I can focus on the fun thing and just getting through the event.
I find a distraction to get me through, something that I can use to bury my head in the sand with. Books, the internet, house work. Anything that can occupy my thoughts instead of it.
couldnt have said it better myself
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