Chocolate milk and anxiety

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

✨ This is a silly little post about my mild anxiety and my Chocolate milk addiction.✨

I have been craving chocolate milk for about four days. None of the shops near me sell the kind I like. It means a 15 minute walk but a few things keep getting in my way.

• figuring out what to wear / making sure I look nice enough to go outside, worrying about what people will think about how I look as I’m doing my shopping, if it’ll be busy, if it’ll be noisy, am I going to be generally overwhelmed? I’ll worry about this til the shop closes.

• Will it be too hot? What if it spoils while walking back? So then I think maybe i could drink it right away but then it might upset my stomach if I end up getting over heated so sit around for hours until the shop closes.

• If I walk, there are road works on the way which means the route doesn’t feel familiar and I’m not sure where I’m meant to cross (this is the peak thing bothering me!). Worry about this til the shop closes.

• I could drive, but that feels lazy, and bad for the environment, also I have to turn right at the end of my road and now there’s traffic lights for road works here too, so it’s not going to be as easy as normal. Worry about this til the shop closes.

• I can’t think of enough other items to order to do an online shop and not get charged an extortionate delivery fee that will be more than the milk costs. Worry about this til the shop closes and I’ve missed any of the next 3 day’s upcoming delivery slots.

End result - this time I’ve bought another brand from a closer shop, which isn’t what I wanted. Sometimes I just won’t go and get anything at all and stay hungry / end up eating too much of random things that don’t actually satisfy the craving I have.

If someone was with me and said ‘hey do you want to pop to the shop’ most, if not all, of these silly little thoughts become so quiet or vanish and it would be so easy to go with that person. Aren’t brains wild?

I could totally lean on the fact I’m ‘just little 🥺 and need help’ but honestly I’m riddled with very unhelpful thoughts ✨ what fun!

Anyway idk...I wanted to write out what was stopping me from doing what I wanted, so I could try and better understand it.

[LittleBunnyCici]

There's an actual term for the brain process that short-circuits anxiety/executive dysfunction when you have incentive to Do The Thing with/for someone else, but I'll be damned if I can remember what it is off the top of my head lol  My sister and I both make use of it to do things for each other that need done, even if that might be a little co-dependent! 😂

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

1 hour ago, Cloverworked said:

There's an actual term for the brain process that short-circuits anxiety/executive dysfunction when you have incentive to Do The Thing with/for someone else, but I'll be damned if I can remember what it is off the top of my head lol  My sister and I both make use of it to do things for each other that need done, even if that might be a little co-dependent! 😂

ADHD too?

[LittleBunnyCici]

Yes, and, unfortunately, thoroughly unmedicated LOL

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

1 hour ago, Cloverworked said:

Yes, and, unfortunately, thoroughly unmedicated LOL

Sigh

Same but I do ok for myself. I'm not too hyper anymore. It's mainly focus and attention span now.

[SmolFry]

Omg I relate to this SO MUCH 👀

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

15 minutes ago, SmolFry said:

Omg I relate to this SO MUCH 👀

I thinks many of us do!

[DollDirector]

many doctors now acknowledge that chocolate tablets are tablets against anxiety ! 

organic , quality black ( but that's without milk ) chocolate . if , you can avoid getting hooked , cause if you eat too much you can get hypertension , and your kidneys will say hey , we can't spend our time processing this ! 

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

1 hour ago, DollDirector said:

many doctors now acknowledge that chocolate tablets are tablets against anxiety ! 

organic , quality black ( but that's without milk ) chocolate . if , you can avoid getting hooked , cause if you eat too much you can get hypertension , and your kidneys will say hey , we can't spend our time processing this ! 

Ya know a Hershey Kiss works great too! I had a caregiver give me a forhead kiss and a Hershey kiss everytime my brain would get the best of me. 

[Lambi]

I too can relate so much, it’s interesting to hear someone else explain it. I second guess my decisions and have “what if” questions constantly. Sometimes it’s silly stuff but a lot of times it is related to social things and I just end up being by myself constantly 🤦🏻‍♀️❤️. What type of chocolate milk is your favorite?

[DollDirector]

overthinking is better than the opposite . at least while your brain software is reassessing the factors , you are not going ahead with a wrong decision . it may also be the only way a shy sixth sense can finally have a say .

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

12 hours ago, Lambi said:

I too can relate so much, it’s interesting to hear someone else explain it. I second guess my decisions and have “what if” questions constantly. Sometimes it’s silly stuff but a lot of times it is related to social things and I just end up being by myself constantly 🤦🏻‍♀️❤️. What type of chocolate milk is your favorite?

Trader Joe's brand not as sweet as Fairlane but creamy creamy. Like a melted chocolate milkshake. Perfect treat for sick babygirls!

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

7 hours ago, DollDirector said:

overthinking is better than the opposite . at least while your brain software is reassessing the factors , you are not going ahead with a wrong decision . it may also be the only way a shy sixth sense can finally have a say .

True but I miss out on a lot. I'm working on this...

[prince eefy]

i totally get this. i have adhd and anxiety, so i am often overthinking abt things i shouldn't be. it overrides my logic a lot and it's very annoying. been trying to work on grounding techniques.

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

9 minutes ago, prince eefy said:

i totally get this. i have adhd and anxiety, so i am often overthinking abt things i shouldn't be. it overrides my logic a lot and it's very annoying. been trying to work on grounding techniques.

I get it! Keep working on it...we have our good days, lets look forward to those days!

[gabrielonair]

I don't have a chocolate milk addiction but i do have a coffee addiction.

[Guest PaciPrincesss]

On 9/13/2023 at 4:57 PM, gabrielonair said:

I don't have a chocolate milk addiction but i do have a coffee addiction.

Then you should join our serious littles meetings. Must haves briefcase and bottle or sippy with coffees! We meet in the tree house and discuss very serious stuffs!

[Guest Runa]

This describes exactly how I felt about going out last weekend to *insert scary music here* a village meeting!  I have anxiety related to CPTSD and it feels like my brain is against me sometimes.  It is nice to know I'm not the only one with thoughts like this.