Today, in my psychology class, we were given a sheet that had a list of stressful events and we were to select the ones we had experienced in the last 12 months. I got highest in my class of above an 80% chance of getting a life threatening illness due to stress. Everyone laughed. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, in health class we were watching a documentary about anxiety. My teacher asked if any of us often feel anxious. I was too anxious to raise my hand, and went into a minor panic attack. FML
Today, I was in my psychology class taking the hardest test ever. After I spent most of the period trying to fill in the few answers that I knew, I looked up to see everyone with their notebooks on their desks. It was an open-note test. FML
Today, I was talking about phobias and anxiety disorders in psychology class. I nearly had a panic attack because I was worried that someone might realize I suffer from them. FML
Today, in my psychology class, the professor had us write down our name and birthday on one side of the paper and on the other side put down a mental disorder we would like to know more about. I was going to write 'Social anxiety disorder' but I was too worried about what people would think. FML
Today, I had an extreme panic attack in the middle of class. I interrupted another person's presentation, burst into tears, and ran out of class whilst everyone looked at me. FML
Today, I found out that I'm failing this semester because I've missed too many classes. I've missed the classes because I've been having panic attacks, a symptom of my anxiety disorder. I got the anxiety disorder because I was so afraid of failing school. FML
Today, I discovered that a high enough stress level can cause the same symptoms as the flu. So whenever things are quite awful at work, I get the added bonus of feeling like I’m coming down with something really nasty. FML
Today, our boss nicely asked if we were stressed. Before I could answer in the affirmative and ask for help, my colleague replied, “Stress is for the weak!” She was serious. FML
Today, the only part of my Psychology final that I was 100% confident in was my name. FML
Today, my doctor asked if I had any "unusual stress." I laughed and said, "I’ve been crying in the shower, does that count?" He paused, looked at me seriously, and said, "Yes. Yes, it does." FML
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i_t_s_m_e 0
Do you know how curious I am now? As I too am from Coventry and did this experiment in my psychology class today. I wonder if it was the same class...? Interesting. But if it was the same class, you'll know that one of the main flaws if this experiment is that it fails to take individual differences into account. Plus, it ignores the good things in people's lives, that help to counter balance stress. So really, you don't need to worry about it at all!
chasin_butterfli 0
Time for a vacation?
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Comments (103)
mrshr3dalot 11
I'm sorry i hope life will be less stressful for you. :)
babe7260 30
How RUDE!!!! Sorry, start working out, or doing yoga really helps with stress ! Good luck !!! :)
insomniac8400 13
Holmes and rahe is not an accurate representation of the amount of stress in a persons life, only the potential for stress. there is another test which is much more useful that measures hassles and uplifts
frgos 3
Hey, we did that in my psych class too. I was one out of two which got the lowest score, most people got above 80% on that test in my class.
astrolaf 13
When I took that test I got a perfect 100
LyricaSilvan 30
Yes, let's all laugh at someone who suffers with extreme levels of stress. Your classmates are assholes.
Shreyan Dwivedi 21
“You got this”. Play it in your mind a many more times.💪🏽