"how do you deal with unstable emotions when in public spaces"

[YandereMikuMistress]

𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳,, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘪'𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴/𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴
𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 "𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢" 𝘪 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴,,𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩,
𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘺 "𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢"
𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.

 

[Ambivalent1]

I retreat to a private place. If not possible, I'm exposed in the moment as being unstable but it's not by words but by how people look at me.

 

[Stuckinpast28]

It depends, sometimes I cannot do anything to control them (luckily my psychiatrist prescribed me anti-anxiety pills for panic attacks but I didn't have that before this week) when it's too intense I just find a quiet reclusive place and just let the panic attack run it's course. If it's not too bad I just try different stress-relieving techniques.

 

[Andro_USYD]

Antidepressants will likely stop emotional problems in public, they usually take a few weeks to kick in but after I started taking them I could "fit in" better, U will be one of the flock. Also benzodiazépines like a bit of valium could keep U calmer.

The other thing i'd suggest is kratom. Its legal in some countries but it's a herbal drug that helps me a lot. I use to have the exact same problem as you, it's because our body chemistry is lacking in things like seretonin, dopamine, norpenphrine etc. I was very low in dopamine so the doctor also prescribed me ritalin.....it's really adding up a lot all these meds but they really do help.

 

[sammiechzxv]

I try to calm down in the bathroom if there's one available & maybe listen to music or watch something on my phone or something. I also sometimes put cold water on my face if I can. Or if I can sleep within a few hours I'll take a hydroxyzine.

 

[trashprincess]

If it's really bad I just need to find some privacy. If less bad I'll pinch myself, scratch at myself, bite the inside of my mouth. Or I put on headphones because a lot of my distress is noise related.

 

[Unattainable666]

I had a huge panic attack this past week brought on by the stress of working for an idiot attorney. I cowered in a corner crying trying to breathe. No one helped me - not one soul. THey made fun of me and then refused to speak to me. I try really hard to not have these attacks in public - this is the first one I've had at work in a long time and it was bad. I fucking refuse to allow these assholes to make me feel ashamed or bad about this, I have "issues." I've never tried to hide this nor lie about it. The fact that I was in such distress and these people discarded me as if I was trash infuriated me and to be quite honest I had some really bad wishes that something would happen to these idiots - to make them feel the way they made me feel. I dont really give a shit in reality what these people think of me. They are not in my life - they are not important - quite honestly if they were dying, I would not help them I would walk away. That is what this world has made out of me so different than what I used to be. Now I am like them not caring. I live in a world where I am alone.