• PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Ruminating on fake emotionally charged social altercations in my head.

    It just kept happening. I couldn’t stop. Just felt the absolute need to “prepare” myself for bad events/fights with people so that I’d be “better prepared for it”. What a load of shit.

    The mind is its own worst enemy sometimes.

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      2 months ago

      I find that imagining stuff like that helps me. If I am ever in a situation similar to what I imagined I can always “rely on protocol” and it works out.

      It’s usually pretty simple stuff like what if it gets quiet during a conversation, or exiting one when i don’t want to engage and stuff like that. It’s also sometimes going over what I’d do in a car accident, or if someone suddenly collapsed on the street in front of me.

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        2 months ago

        mine never really happened in real life. the rumination was pointless 9/10 times.

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        2 months ago

        Oh mine were like “how do I explain my way out if this person I just walked past starts picking a fight with me”.