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 Task 26: What things are you currently avoiding? Do you have a tendency to avoid things or confront them head on?I'm going to tackle the second part of this first. There are certain things that I prefer to confront right away and others that I tend to avoid. If it has to do with the dentist...you better know I'm avoiding that for as long as possible because I hate the dentist. If it's something that's more immediately health-related or house-related, I tend to do that right away. I think it all comes down to how comfortable I am with something and how confident I am in completing it. I've had to deal with various insurance things for the house/car/whatever and now I have no problem calling them up to figure something out. It's the quickest way to do it usually and I'll get it done right away. If it's something that I don't know exactly what I'm doing and how I'm going to do it, I'll avoid it for a little while and try to work out how to do it without outright actually attempting it. Right now I'm avoiding cleaning the house because there is so much that needs done it feels a little overwhelming and I'm not exactly sure where to start. We'll see if I get to all that later tonight or tomorrow, since it does need to get done at some point. Task 30: How can you identify a supportive person? What attributes does someone need to have for you to consider them part of your support system? What traits are absolute red flags for people in your support system?Oh lordt, this is a complicated one. I feel like I have different support systems for different things. I have my friends who are there to talk to about basically anything and who I can ask for advice on basically any topic. There's my family that I can talk to about certain things or if I need like house/tax/what brand is the best of whatever kind of advice but they're not people that I can get in too deep about things with. Family is also good for just talking through something that's stressing me out, that's usually when I give Mom a call and she's good to just listen for that stuff. People in my support system are typically very good listeners and they don't give advice if I'm not asking for it. I like to have those who will let me explain what I need at the given moment and then give me just that, not try to push anything else or any kind of agenda. One of my best friends has GAD like I do and she and I can openly discuss that, which has been great for both of us because we'll shoot a text saying "this shit is stressing me out and my anxiety is going crazy" and we'll just be there for each other. Red flags for me are people who try to make me something that I'm not. Whether that is pushing their own agenda of how I should act/feel or just not being able to actively listen. I've pretty much come to the point in my life where if someone isn't going to be there for support (or if I feel like I can't be there for them) then they aren't in my life in an active fashion. I don't want to have someone who needs me so much that it damages my mental health or for someone to have me be a drain on their health. That's not fair to either of us so I always keep an eye out for that and only keep people in my support system where we work together well. |
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That totally makes sense to me that avoiding comes down to how comfortable you are with something and how confident you are that you can complete it. I think that's what I struggle with a lot, too. If I don't feel like I can do it, I'm much more likely to avoid it.
Yet there are some things I can handle with no issues whatsoever. 
I hope that you find out why you've been so tired. Chronic fatigue is awful. I like the tasks that you came up with. The Buzzfeed quiz one is an interesting idea.
