Anxiety has been my cross to bear for as long as I can remember.
I was scheduled out as a little child when adults would make eye contact with me. It was just for a fleeting moment while walking by in the store, however I always took it seriously & assumed that people were staring at me for ulterior motives. That might indicate that I’m on the autism spectrum, however to be fair I’ve never gotten took care of & I’m not actually sure about that. I’ve had people tell me that they thought I was however it’s actually difficult to diagnose when you’re not a physician or a trained mental health professional. Regardless of that option, I have been took care of with an anxiety disorder. I basically have generalized anxiety & I get it throughout the afternoon from a myriad of odd sources. One of the few things that seems to calm me down fairly hastily is nice cooling system. I live in a fairly overheated weather conditions & sporadically the heat contributes to my stress & anxiety… Just turning on my central cooling system & setting the temperature control to a low temperature is sporadically all it takes to get me to calm down & get out of my worried thought cycles. When I’m in the car & I’m driving from one place to another, often I willturn up the AC a little higher than regular if I’m feeling fairly scheduled out that afternoon. It’s unlucky because I’ve worked in some offices where there was a bad cooling system & the heat contributed to my work-related stress.