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So this had been probably one of the most stressful years of my life so far, not as stressful as some of you folks on here from what I've read but stress is relative isn't it, or so I've always been told.
I did write out a massive list of things I've had to deal with this year but I'm more keen to know from others rather than just type out about myself.
In a nutshell: I'm just not feeling a smidging of the amount of stress about things that 6-12 months ago would have had me climbing the walls, nervousness has gone, social anxieties petered away, general anxiety and worry fading away, I've got new things coming in a brand new job that are stressful to deal with and would usually have had me up the walls that I'm just not feeling that stressed about. Best way I can describe it is as times gone on the past few months I feel that I've been so stretched out thin like an elastic band, but it's not snapped, it's just lost all elasticity and gone squidgy and pliable. It's like a weights been lifted off my shoulders but in a gradual fashion and I'm not sure what's caused it as there hasn't been any "Eureka this fixes all my problems" moments. I've not gone full IDGAF mode as I'm still cracking on and functioning and feeling happier and happier as times going on, despite the same old same old that I've been stressing about all year.
A quick google suggests adrenal fatigue however I don't really have any of the presenting symptoms that come with it.
Has anyone else ever experienced this and know what it is? is it Psychological? Is it a case of straw that broke the camels back and self protection mode? Is this gonna snap back the other way? Is this the pre-cursor to a mental breakdown? Am I having a mental breakdown?
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Can I get this straight?
You’re worrying about feeling happier and less stressed, and trying to find out if it means that there’s something wrong with you?
No, I'm wondering if this is something similar to adrenal fatigue and wondering if anyone else has experienced the same so can provide some long term insight.
Reading the post back it definitely comes across as a humble brag but that's not my intention with this post I just felt I should provided some background and where I'm currently at. I should have mentioned I feel some of this has lead to a family argument the other day around something quite important which I got called cold and callous for "not caring enough" about, hence the post in the first place.
I’m a GP. Adrenal fatigue isn’t a real thing. It sounds like you’re coping well, and maybe some of your family members don’t like it?
What you’re describing is “acceptance” and it’s a very healthy state to be in.
sounds like you are in a good place. I'd like some of that please.
I have something similar going on, I can't work out if I'm suddenly not stressed anymore, or if I am now so permanently stressed I just don't or cant care. Exactly as you describe, still functioning, but am now happily able to go to bed the night before some horrible stress event in the diary for the next day and simply think "worry about that when I get to it" and that's the end of it.
Either way, I'm taking it as a win