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Erinlee84
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Confrontation - real & imagined
Anxiety Support / by Erinlee84
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 November 28th, 2015
...See more Any type of confrontation breaks me down almost immediately - not even joking, I used to lock myself in the bathroom with the water running full blast when people I lived with fought (and not as a kid, but in my mid-late 20's even) Its the "imagined" confrontation that really affects me though - and the ridiculous lengths I'll go to avoid it. Example 1: I wasnt paying attention and got on the wrong bus to go to work. The simple solution that most people would have done is got off the bus, called, apologized & explained they might be running a bit late. My solution? Stay on the bus until it circled around downtown, look around for a walk-in clinic, make up some bull**** excuse of being sick and pay $30 for a doctors note, then not even call in to say I was sick but just brought in the note the next day. example 2: Received a text from someone about an issue I wasnt comfortable talking about. Most people would have either ignored the single text, or straight up said they werent comfortable talking about it. My solution? Delete the texting app I used & facebook messenger for a week, avoiding ALL messages and contact for that period, and after redownloading said that there had been something wrong with my phone. If I could have afforded it, I probably would have gotten a new phone. Example 3: I had a creditor that was calling a few years ago. Instead of dealing with it, I cancelled my plan and started using those free texting apps that you can use with wifi. I still havent signed up for a new plan yet, and have been without an actual working phone for over 3 years :-/
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