Take a Deep breath

Lately, I've been stressed I've already had three close friends pass into the force this year, new class schedule, and I'm currently dealing with people who don't know how to be nice. I have a cyst in my neck, it's the sickly season, and it's hard to breathe with all of this stress. It seems to me I'm just piling up all of my problems, but as the Buddha wisely said: "everyone has 83 problems." It's true, when I first read this quote Listed my problems down and I thought about each and every one of them. I thought It would be better if I documented these problems here so that I can reflect.

* Passes the peace pipe *

Naming a problem is the first step to grappling with it. I tend to believe my number of problems is closer to 99, but eh that's me

Theres a sort of poetic beauty in the fact that life is tragically fragile and uncertain and yet living organisms, within the limits of our fragility, can be so incredibly resilient. While we didnt evolve for the specific context of modern civilization, we did evolve in such a way as to be capable of withstanding a great amount of pressure. The capacity to handle stress and overcome difficulties is encoded into our DNA. I like to remind myself that as long as im not literally on fire and there isnt some large animal chewing on some part of my body, the situation that im in may be uncomfortable but im probably going to be ok. Im betting you have the internal resources to handle your stress as long as youre able to, as you said, take a deep breath and remind yourself that you’ll get through it.

I don't know if you intended this topic to be an open discussion or if its more along the lines of a journal to record details about your personal life, but its in a discussion section of the board so people will reply, sometimes. I hope you can find some encouragement in the replies you receive.